Numbers 11:15

Overview - Numbers 11
The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer.
The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna.
10 Moses complains of his charge.
16 God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, and to give the people flesh for a month.
21 Moses' faith is staggered.
31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Numbers 11:15  (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.
 


kill me
1 Kings 19:4 ; Job 3:20-22 ; 6:8-10 7:15 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8 Jonah 4:9 ; Philippians 1:20-24
James 1:4

let me not
Jeremiah 15:18 ; 20:18 Zephaniah 3:15

my wretchedness
Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts read, "their wretchedness." The Jerusalem Targum has the same, and adds, by way of explanation, "who are thine own people."