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Deuteronomy 1:9

Exhaustion

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.”

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
KJV
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
WEB
I spoke to 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:
DARBY
And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.
BLB
And I spoke to you⁺ at that time, saying, “I am not able to bear you⁺ alone.
ÅB
Dengang sa jeg til dere: Jeg makter ikke alene å bære dere.
OTB
"På den tiden sa jeg til dere: 'Jeg er ikke i stand til å bære byrden av dere alene.
B1930
Dengang sa jeg til eder: Jeg makter ikke alene å bære eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 18:18

    Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

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  • Numbers 11:17

    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

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  • Numbers 11:11–14

    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?

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