Deuteronomy 1:12

12 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

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, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.

12 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

14 And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”