Numbers 11:16

The Lord told Moses, “Bring before me seventy Israelite elders who you know are respected as leaders by the people. Take them to the Tent of Meeting. They will stand there with you.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

In Context

15If this is the way you're going to treat me, then please just kill me now so I don't have to face how depressed I've become. Please grant me this one request.”

17I will come down and talk with you there. I will take some of the Spirit you have and give it to them. They will take some of the responsibility for the people so you won't have to bear it alone.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:27Including the two sons Joseph had in Egypt, the total number of Jacob's family who were in Egypt was seventy.

Exodus 24:1The Lord told Moses, “Come up to the Lord—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders. You are to worship at a distance.

Numbers 16:25So Moses went over to Dathan and Abiram, and the Israelite elders of Israel followed him.

Deuteronomy 16:18Choose judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

Ezekiel 8:11Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing in front of them, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. They all were holding censers, producing a sweet-smelling cloud of incense that rose above them.

Luke 10:17The seventy disciples returned in great excitement, saying, “Lord, even the demons do what we tell them in your name!”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:5-16

4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and… Read the whole commentary →

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