5. Beyond (east of) the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,
6. The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain.
7. Turn and take up your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South (the Negeb), and on the coast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
8. Behold, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.
9. I said to you at that time, I am not able to bear you alone.
10. The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the heavens for multitude.
11. May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you as He has promised you!
12. How can I bear alone the weariness and pressure and burden of you and your strife?