Deuteronomy 1:9
At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
In Context
10The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.
Cross References
Numbers 11:11And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:2-9
Deuteronomy This book is a repetition of very much both of the history and of the laws contained in the three foregoing books, which repetition Moses delivered to Israel (both by word of mouth, that it might affect, and by writing, that it might abide) a little before his death. There is no new history in it but that of the death of Moses in the last chapter, nor any new revelation to Moses, for aught that appears, and therefore the style here is not, as before, The Lord spoke unto Moses, saying. But the former… Read the whole commentary →