Numbers 11:11

And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

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In The King James Version

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

In Context

10And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.

12Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou sworest to their fathers?

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Cross References

Exodus 17:4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.

Deuteronomy 1:12How shall I alone be able to bear your labor, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

Psalms 130:3Let Israel hope in the Lord, 1 From henceforth and forever.

Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

Jeremiah 20:7Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: thou hast been strong, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughingstock, I am continually mocked every day.

Lamentations 3:22It is the mercies of the Lord, 1 That he has not failed me, 1 Because his compassions are not exhausted. 1 Pity us, O Lord, 1 Early every month: 1 For we are not brought to an end, 1 Because his compassions are not exhausted. 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:5-16

4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and… Read the whole commentary →

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