Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 11:12

12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them , that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom (as a nursing father beareth the sucking-child ) unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Are they my children, that I should be obliged to provide food and all things for their necessity and desire?

Which expression shews the tender care and affection that governours by the command of God ought to have towards their people.

Marginal references: Or, born them. So Gr.