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10 Moses heard the people weeping according to their[a] clans, each at the doorway of their tents. Then Yahweh became very angry,[b] and in the eyes of Moses it was bad. 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,[c] that you could say to me, ‘Carry them[d] in your lap, just as a foster-father carries the suckling on the land that you swore an oath to their ancestors?’[e] 13 From where do I have meat to give all these people? They weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat and let us eat!’ 14 I am not able to carry all these people along alone; they are too heavy for me. 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please kill me immediately if I find favor in your eyes, and do not let me see my misery.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:10 Hebrew “its”
  2. Numbers 11:10 Literally “the nose of Yahweh became very hot”
  3. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  4. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  5. Numbers 11:12 Or “fathers”

Moses Responds

10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their entire families. Everyone gathered at the entrance to their tents so that the Lord was very angry. Moses thought the situation was bad, 11 so he[a] asked the Lord, “Why did you bring all this trouble to your servant? Why haven’t I found favor in your eyes? After all, you’re putting the burden of this entire people on me! 12 Did I conceive this people or give birth to them, so that you would tell me to carry them near my heart like a wet nurse carries a suckling baby to the land that you promised to their forefathers? 13 Where am I going to get meat to give this people? After all, they’re crying in front of me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I cannot carry this whole nation! The burden is too heavy for me! 15 If this is how you treat me, please kill me right now, if I’ve found favor in your eyes, because I don’t want to keep staring at all of this[b] misery!”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:11 Lit. Moses
  2. Numbers 11:15 Lit. at my