Bible verse
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
Deuteronomy 1:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 1.
5 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
7 Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
8 See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
9 At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
12 But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
KJV
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
ASV
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
ERV
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
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