Deuteronomy 1:12

12 1How can I bear by myself the weight 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 today as numerous as the stars of heaven.
11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you!
12 How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
13 Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.'
14 And you answered me, 'The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'

Cross References 1

  • 1. [1 Kings 3:8, 9]
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