8 ‘See, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which יהוה swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ, to give to them and their seed after them.’
9 “And I spoke to you at that time, saying, ‘I am unable to bear you by myself.
10 ‘יהוה your Elohim has increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
11 ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers is going to add to you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has spoken to you!
12 ‘How do I bear your pressure and your burden and your strife, by myself?
13 ‘Choose men, wise and understanding, and known to your tribes, and let me appoint them as your heads.’
14 “And you answered me and said, ‘The word which you have spoken to us to do is good.’