Deuteronomy 1:12

12 'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

Deuteronomy 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:12

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
] His meaning is, that he could not hear and try all their causes, and determine all their law suits, and decide the strifes and controversies which arose between them; it was too heavy for him, and brought too much trouble and incumbrance upon him.

Deuteronomy 1:12 In-Context

10 'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.
11 'May the LORD , the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you!
12 'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
13 'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
14 "You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.'
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