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11 And Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you brought trouble to your servant? Why have I not found favor in your eyes, that the burdens of all these people have been placed on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? If I have fathered them,[a] that you could say to me, ‘Carry them[b] in your lap, just as a foster-father carries the suckling on the land that you swore an oath to their ancestors?’[c] 13 From where do I have meat to give all these people? They weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat and let us eat!’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  2. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  3. Numbers 11:12 Or “fathers”

11 He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble(A) on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?(B) 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant,(C) to the land you promised on oath(D) to their ancestors?(E) 13 Where can I get meat for all these people?(F) They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

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