10. Moses heard the people, family after family, crying at the entrance of their tents. The Lord was very angry; Moses was also provoked.
11. So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?
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 woman carries a baby,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
13. Where can I get meat to give all these people? For they are crying to me: ‘Give us meat to eat! ’
14. I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.
15. If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”
16. The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.