Deuteronomy 1:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸ See, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land that I^[a] swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.’

Appointment of Tribal Leaders

⁹ At that time I said to you, ‘I am unable by myself to bear you. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven.