Numbers:11:11-17

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* And Moses said unto the Lord , Wherefore hast thou done evil to thy servant ? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy eyes , that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me ? * Was it I who have conceived all this people ? or was it I who have begotten them ? that thou shouldst say unto me , Carry them in thy bosom , as a nursing father beareth the sucking child , unto the land which thou hast sworn unto their fathers ? * Whence shall I obtain flesh to give unto all this people ? for they weep around me , saying , Give us flesh , that we may eat . * I am not able by myself alone to bear all this people , because it is too heavy for me . * And if thou wilt thus deal with me , then slay me , I pray thee , at once , if I have found favor in thy eyes : that I may not see my wretchedness . * And the Lord said unto Moses , Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel , whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people , and its officers ; and take them unto the tabernacle of the congregation , and they shall stand there with thee . * And I will come down and speak with thee there : and I will take some of the spirit which is upon thee , and I will put it upon them ; and they shall bear with thee the burden of the people , and thou shalt not bear it by thyself alone .

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