Deuteronomy 1:9

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 1:12 expands Moses' lament, specifying the 'weight and burden and strife' — immediate context of the same speech.

Exodus 18:18 contains Jethro's advice that Moses' burden is too heavy, which Moses recalls in Deuteronomy 1:9.

In Numbers 11:17, God responds to Moses' burden by sharing His Spirit with 70 elders — the solution to the problem Moses states here.

Numbers 11:14 records Moses' identical complaint about bearing the people alone, echoing the same words from the wilderness narrative.

Numbers 11:11-14 shows Moses' complaint about the burden, paralleling his statement in Deuteronomy 1:9 about being unable to bear the people.