Numbers 11:16
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The Seventy Elders
16 So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me (A)seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and (B)officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
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Numbers 11:17
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17 Then I will come down and talk with you there. (A)I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.
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Numbers 11:24
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24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he (A)gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.
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Numbers 11:25
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25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, (A)when the Spirit rested upon them, that (B)they prophesied, [a]although they never did so again.
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- Numbers 11:25 Tg., Vg. and they did not cease
Numbers 11:26
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26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who (A)had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.
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Numbers 11:27
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27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
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Numbers 11:28
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28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, (A)forbid them!”
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Numbers 11:29
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29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you [a]zealous for my sake? (A)Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”
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- Numbers 11:29 jealous
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