Deuteronomy 1:12
אֵיכָה אֶשָּׂא לְבַדִּי טָרְחֲכֶם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
In Context
13הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם ׃
Cross References
Exodus 18:13וַיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיֵּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת ־ הָעָם וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם עַל ־ מֹשֶׁה מִן ־ הַבֹּקֶר עַד ־ הָעָֽרֶב ׃
Deuteronomy 1:9וָאֹמַר אֲלֵכֶם בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר לֹא ־ אוּכַל לְבַדִּי שְׂאֵת אֶתְכֶֽם ׃
Psalms 89:19כִּי לַֽיהוָה מָֽגִנֵּנוּ וְלִקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכֵּֽנוּ ׃
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 →