Numbers 11:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ Moses heard people from every family crying at the entrances to their tents. The Lord became very angry. So Moses became upset. ¹¹ He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on me? Why aren’t you pleased with me? Why have you loaded me down with the troubles of all these people? ¹² Am I like a mother to them? Are they my children? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms? Do I have to carry them the way a nurse carries a baby? Do I have to carry them to the land you promised? You promised the land to their people of long ago.