5. On the far side of the Yarden, in Eretz Moav, began Moshe to expound this torah, saying,
6. Hashem Eloheinu spoke unto us in Chorev, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain;
7. Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the Har HaEmori (hill country of the Amorites), and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Aravah, in the hills, in the Shefelah, and in the Negev, and by the seacoast, to the Eretz HaKena'ani (Land of the Canaanites), and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8. See, I have set ha'aretz (the land) before you; go in and possess ha'aretz which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, to give unto them and to their zera after them.
9. And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear the burden of you by myself alone;
10. Hashem Eloheichem hath multiplied you, and, see, ye are today as numerous as the kokhavei HaShomayim.
11. (Hashem Elohei Avoteichem increase you a thousand times over and bless you, as He hath promised you!)
12. How can I myself alone bear your problems, and your massa and your strife?
13. Take you anashim chachamim, men of wisdom and understanding, who are known among your tribes, and I will set them over you.
14. And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is tov for us to do.