Numbers 11:10-15

10 Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.
11 He asked the LORD, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?
13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.
15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”

Cross References 10

  • 1. ver 4
  • 2. S Genesis 34:30
  • 3. S Exodus 5:22; S Exodus 18:18
  • 4. Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 66:11,12
  • 5. Numbers 14:16
  • 6. S Genesis 12:7; Exodus 13:5
  • 7. S Exodus 12:37; John 6:5-9
  • 8. S Exodus 18:18
  • 9. Exodus 32:32
  • 10. 1 Kings 19:4; Job 6:9; Job 7:15-16; Job 9:21; Job 10:1; Isaiah 38:12; John 4:3
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