Deuteronomy 1:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Appointment of Tribal Leaders

⁹ At that time I said to you, ‘I am unable by myself to bear you. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars of heaven. ¹¹ May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times more and bless you, as he has promised you!