Deuteronomy 1:11

11 'May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold * more than you are and bless you, 1just as He has [a]promised you!

Deuteronomy 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:11

The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many
more as ye are
This prayer he made, or this blessing he pronounced on them, to show that he did not envy their increase, nor was any ways uneasy at it, but rejoiced in it, though he gave it as a reason of his not being able to govern them alone:

and bless you, as he hath promised you:
with all kind of blessings, as he had often promised their fathers.

Deuteronomy 1:11 In-Context

9 "I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone.
10 'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.
11 'May the LORD , the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!
12 'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
13 'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 1:8, 10

Footnotes 1

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