“The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:8 Before you - Heb. Before your faces; it is open to your view, and to your possession; there is no impediment in the way.
1:9 At that time - That is, about that time, namely, a little before their coming to Horeb.
1:12 Your burden - The trouble of ruling and managing so perverse a people. Your strife - Your contentions among yourselves, for the determnination whereof the elders were appointed.