Deuteronomy 1:10
Yahweh your God hath multiplied you, and here ye are to-day, like the stars of the heavens for multitude.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9So I spake unto you, at that time saying, I am unable, by myself, to carry you.
Cross References
Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad and said—Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.
Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,—And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed.
Exodus 32:13Have remembrance of Abraham, of Isaac and of Israel thy servants to whom thou didst swear by thyself, and didst speak unto them saying, I will multiply your seed, as the stars of the heavens,—and, all this land of which I have spoken, will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it to times age-abiding.
Deuteronomy 10:22As seventy souls, went thy fathers down to Egypt,—and, now, Yahweh thy God hath made thee like the stars of the heavens for multitude.
1 Chronicles 27:23But David took not the number of them, from twenty years old, and under,—because Yahweh had said, he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
Ezekiel 16:7Into myriads—like the bud of the field, made I thee, And thou didst increase and become well grown, and didst attain to most excellent adornments,— Thy breasts were well-formed And thy hair was grown, But thou thyself wast utterly naked.
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 →