1. These are the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel on this side of Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2. (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
3. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
4. After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
5. On this side of Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6. The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying,
7. Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the lowland, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8. Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their descendants after them.
9. And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10. The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11. (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more than you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!)
12. How can I myself alone bear your weight, and your burden, and your strife?