Deuteronomy 1:10

10 Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you [are] today as the stars of the heaven {in number}.^[a]

Deuteronomy 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God hath multiplied you
Which was the reason why he could not bear them, or the government of them was too heavy for him, because they were so numerous, and the cases brought before him to decide were so many:

and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude;
whereby it appeared that the promise to Abraham was fulfilled, ( Genesis 15:5 ) , they were now 600,000 men fit for war, besides women and children, and those under age, which must make the number of them very large.

Deuteronomy 1:10 In-Context

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?

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "with respect to multitude/abundance"