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# General Information:
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Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel.
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# But how can I myself alone carry your loads, your burdens, and your disputes?
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Moses uses a question to emphasize that he cannot solve all of their problems by himself. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I cannot carry your loads, your burdens, and your disputes by myself." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# carry your loads, your burdens
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Moses speaks as if the people's problems and complaints that he needed to take care of were heavy physical objects that he had been carrying. Alternate translation: "take care of your problems, your complaints" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# your disputes
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"your arguments" or "your disagreements"