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These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel ^(C1)across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the ^(C2)Arabah opposite ^(F1)Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

It is eleven days' journey from ^(C1)Horeb by way of Mount ^(C2)Seir to ^(C3)Kadesh-barnea.

In the ^(C1)fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, ^(C2)in accordance with everything that the LORD had commanded him to declare to them,

after he had ^(F1)(C1)defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ^(C2)Og the king of Bashan, who lived in ^(C3)Ashtaroth ^(F2)and in Edrei.

Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this Law, saying,

"The LORD our God ^(C1)spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

'Turn and set out on your journey, and go to ^(C1)the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in ^(C2)the ^(F1)Negev, 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 take possession of the land which the LORD ^(C1)swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and their ^(F1)descendants after them.'

"And I spoke to you at that time, saying, '^(C1)I am not able to endure you alone.

'The LORD your God has ^(C1)multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

'May the LORD, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, ^(C1)just as He has ^(F1)promised you!

'How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?

'^(C1)Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

"And you answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'

"So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and ^(F1)appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, ^(F2)hundreds, ^(F2)fifties, and ^(F2)tens, and officers for your tribes.