Numbers 11:15

And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favor with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

In Context

14I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.

16And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32And now if thou wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.

Job 3:20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, 1 And life to the souls which are in griefs? 1

Job 7:15Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; 1 And yet keep my bones from death. 1

Jeremiah 20:18Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame?

Jonah 4:8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonah, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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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