Elders Appointed to Aid Moses
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So the LORD said to Moses: "Gather to Me v seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and w officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
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"Then I will come down and talk with you there. x 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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"Then you shall say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept y in the hearing of the LORD, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.
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'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,
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z 'but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have a despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, b "Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?" ' "
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And Moses said, c "The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.'
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d "Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?"
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And the LORD said to Moses, e "Has the LORD's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether f what I say will happen to you or not."
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So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he g gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.
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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, h when the Spirit rested upon them, that i they prophesied, although they never did so again.
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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 j had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.
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And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
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So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, "Moses my lord, k forbid them!"
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Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? l Oh, that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!"
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And Moses returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel.
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Cross References
Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 24:1
Now He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
Exodus 24:9
Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 10:6
Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
2 Kings 2:15
Now when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.
Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.
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Cross References
Exodus 16:7
"And in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD; for He hears your complaints against the LORD. But what are we, that you complain against us?"
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Psalms 78:29
So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire.
Psalms 106:15
And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 10:19
"But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, 'No, set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."
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Cross References
Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.
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Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
Exodus 12:37
Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
Numbers 1:46
All who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 2:32
These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
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Cross References
2 Kings 7:2
So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, "Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" And he said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
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Cross References
Isaiah 50:2
Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Indeed with My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink because there is no water, And die of thirst.
Isaiah 59:1
Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.
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Cross References
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
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Cross References
Numbers 11:16
So the LORD said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
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Cross References
2 Kings 2:15
Now when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 10:5
After that you shall come to the hill of God wh...
1 Samuel 10:6
Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you,...
1 Samuel 10:10
When they came there to the hill, there was a g...
Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterward That I will...
Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, say...
Acts 2:18
And on My menservants and on My maidservants I ...
1 Corinthians 14:1
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but es...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 36:5
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD.
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Cross References
Mark 9:38 - 40
Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.
Luke 9:49
Now John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:5
I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.