Numbers 11:10-12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ Moses heard the people, family after family, weeping at the entrance of their tents. The Lord was very angry;^(A) Moses was also provoked.^{[a] 11} So Moses asked the Lord, ‘Why have you brought such trouble on your servant? Why are you angry with me,^[b] and why do you burden me with all these people?^{(B) 12} Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, “Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,”^(C) to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?^(D)