Verse 12

Numbers 11:12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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12 Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in thy bosom as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, and bear them into the land, for which thou hast sworn to their fathers?

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֶ/אָנֹכִ֣י הָרִ֗יתִי אֵ֚ת כָּל הָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֔ה אִם אָנֹכִ֖י יְלִדְתִּ֑י/הוּ כִּֽי תֹאמַ֨ר אֵלַ֜/י שָׂאֵ֣/הוּ בְ/חֵיקֶ֗/ךָ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשָּׂ֤א הָ/אֹמֵן֙ אֶת הַ/יֹּנֵ֔ק עַ֚ל הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ לַ/אֲבֹתָֽי/ו

English Translation

I have conceived all this people; if I have given birth to them, then you will say to me, "Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries the infant on the ground, which you swore to their fathers."

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Chapter 11 Context

1 In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at thei... Focus ↗

2 And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up. Focus ↗

3 And he called the name of that place, The burning: for that the fire of the Lord had been kindled ag... Focus ↗

4 For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the... Focus ↗

5 We remember the Ash that we ate in Egypt free cost: the cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons... Focus ↗

6 Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna. Focus ↗

7 A Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium. Focus ↗

8 And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled... Focus ↗

9 and when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the manna also fell with it. Focus ↗

10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wra... Focus ↗

11 And he said to the Lord: Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? wherefore do I not find favour before... Focus ↗

12 Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in t...

13 Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? they weep against me, saying: Give us fl... Focus ↗

14 I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me. Focus ↗

15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, th... Focus ↗

16 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest... Focus ↗

17 That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that... Focus ↗

18 And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified : to morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard... Focus ↗

19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for twenty. Focus ↗

20 But even for a month of days, till it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, becaus... Focus ↗

21 And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give... Focus ↗

22 Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that it may suffice for their food? or shall the... Focus ↗

23 And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word... Focus ↗

24 Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the an... Focus ↗

25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, an... Focus ↗

26 Now there remained in the camp two of the men, of whom one was called Eldad, and the other Medad, up... Focus ↗

27 And when they prophesied in the camp, there ran a young man, and told Moses, saying: Eldad and Medad... Focus ↗

28 Forthwith Josue the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and chosen out of many, said: My lord Moses f... Focus ↗

29 But he said: Why hast thou emulation for me? O that all the people might prophesy, and that the Lord... Focus ↗

30 And Moses returned, with the ancients of Israel, into the camp. Focus ↗

31 And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up beyond the sea brought them, and cast them into... Focus ↗

32 The people therefore rising up all that day, and night, and the next day, gathered together of quail... Focus ↗

33 As yet the flesh was between their teeth, neither had that kind of meat failed: when behold the wrat... Focus ↗

34 And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted. And... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Numbers
Chapter: Chapter 11 (34 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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