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