Deuteronomy 1:7-9

Living Bible

⁷ Now go and occupy the hill country of the Amorites, the valley of the Arabah, and the Negeb, and all the land of Canaan and Lebanon—the entire area from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. ⁸ I am giving all of it to you! Go in and possess it, for it is the land the Lord promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all of their descendants.’

⁹ “At that time I told the people, ‘I need help! You are a great burden for me to carry all by myself,