Numbers 11:14-15

“I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.”

"I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness." - Numbers 11:14-15
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What does Numbers 11:14-15 mean?

Numbers 11:14-15 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my…

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The Weight of Leadership: Finding Strength in Vulnerability

In the book of Numbers, we find Moses in a moment of deep despair and vulnerability, as he cries out to God: "I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in…

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A Cry for Strength in Community and Leadership

O Lord, my God, in the quiet moments of reflection, I come before Thee humbly with a heart weighed down by the burdens that life brings. As I meditate on the words found in Numbers 11:14-15, I am reminded of the struggles that even the great leaders of Israel faced, and how…

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Numbers 11:14-15 - "I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. If I am to do this, you must do me the favor of killing me at once, so I am no longer face my own ruin."
"I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. If I am to do this, you must do me the favor of killing me at once, so I am no longer face my own ruin." - Numbers 11:14-15
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Numbers 11:14 - "I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me."
Numbers 14:15 - "¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,"
Numbers 29:15 - "And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:"
Numbers 15:14 - "And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do."
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"Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid." - Numbers 15:11
Numbers 11:15 - "And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness."
Numbers 14:11 - "¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?"
"I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me." - Numbers 11:14
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