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Numbers 11:15

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  1. Numbers 11:13

    Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

  2. Numbers 11:14

    I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

  3. Numbers 11:16

    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 officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

  4. Numbers 11:17

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.