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11 So he asked: »Jehovah, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
12 »Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries a baby, all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?
13 »Where can I get meat for all these people? They continually cry for me to give them meat to eat.
14 »I am not able to take care of all these people by myself. This is too much work for me!
15 »If you treat me like this have pity on me and kill me. That way I will not have to endure my shame any longer.«
16 Jehovah replied to Moses: »Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as elders of the people. Bring them to me at the tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you.
17 »I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the spirit I have given and give it to them. Then they can help you bear the responsibility for these people. You will not have to bear it alone.
18 »Tell the people: ‘Purify yourselves for tomorrow. You will have meat to eat! Jehovah has heard you whining and saying that you wished you had some meat and that you were better off in Egypt. Jehovah will now give you meat, and you will have to eat it.
19 »‘You will have to eat it not just for one or two days, or five, or ten, or even twenty days.