Deuteronomy 1:12

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

In Context

11The LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as He hath promised you! —

13Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'

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Cross References

Exodus 18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening.

Deuteronomy 1:9And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone;

Psalms 89:19(89-20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19

The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →

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