7 Turn now and move on, and go into the hill of the Amorites and to all of the neighboring regions in the Jordan Valley in the hill country and in the Negev and in the coastal area along the sea, into the land of the Canaanites and into the Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.
8 Look, I have set the land before you; go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them and to their offspring after them.’
9 “And I spoke to them at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear you alone.
10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you are today as the stars of the heaven in number.
11 Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, may he add to you as you are now a thousand times, and may he bless you just as he promised you.
12 How can I bear you by myself, your burden and your load and your strife?
13 Choose for yourselves wise and discerning and knowledgeable men for each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’