14 (A)I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too [a]burdensome for me. 15 (B)So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

Seventy Elders to Assist

16 The Lord therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me (C)seventy men from the elders of Israel, (D)whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:14 Lit heavy

14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.(A) 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me(B)—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”

16 The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders(C) who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people.(D) Have them come to the tent of meeting,(E) that they may stand there with you.

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