Deuteronomy 1:11
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
10The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.
Cross References
Genesis 22:17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Genesis 49:25Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
Numbers 6:27So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.
Deuteronomy 10:22Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.
2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?
Psalms 115:14May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19
The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →