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Numbers 11:14

Numbers 11:14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I am not able to bear all this people alone,.... The burden of government of them, to take care of them and provide sustenance for them; but he was not alone, for, not to take notice of the rulers and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 11:4-35

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Num 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 11:4-15

These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy.

I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted,…