The Complaint of Moses

10 Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of the Lord became very hot, and [a]Moses was displeased. 11 (A)So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You [b]been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people on me? 12 Was it I who conceived all this people? Or did I give birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them [c]in your arms, as a [d](B)nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which (C)You swore to their fathers’?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:10 Lit it was evil in Moses’ eyes
  2. Numbers 11:11 Lit treated badly
  3. Numbers 11:12 Lit against your chest
  4. Numbers 11:12 Or foster father

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