World English Bible
Deuteronomy 1:12
“How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 1
10
Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
11
Yahweh, 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 myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
14
You answered me, and said, "The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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