- The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
- Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.
- See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and to their descendants after them."
- At that time I said to you, "You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
- The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.
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- "The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
- 'Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
- 'See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their descendants after them.'
- "I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.
- 'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.
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