Numbers 11:14-17

English Standard Version

^14 (A)I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. ¹⁵ If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”

Elders Appointed to Aid Moses

¹⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me ^(B)seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and ^(C)officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. ^17 (D)And I will come down and talk with you there. And ^(E)I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and ^(F)they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.