^14 (A)I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me.

¹⁸ You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. ^(A)You are not able to do it alone.

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⁹ “At that time ^(A)I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, ^(B)you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven. ^11 (C)May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, ^(D)as he has promised you! ^12 (E)How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?

^16 (A)to one a fragrance from death to death, ^(B)to the other a fragrance from life to life. ^(C)Who is sufficient for these things?

^13 (A)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^(B)and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there^[a] shall be a ^(C)priest on his throne, ^(D)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’