Numbers 11:25 (KJV)

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And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him and took of the spirit that was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders and it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them they prophesied and did not cease

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came down. Nu 11:17 Nu 12:5 Ex 34:5 Ex 40:38 Ps 99:7 Lu 9:34 Lu 9:35

took. Nu 11:17 2Ki 2:15 Jas 1:17

they prophesied.By prophesying here we are to understand, their performing those civil and sacred functions for which they were qualified; exhorting the people to quiet and peaceable submission, and to trust and confidence in the providence of God. 1Sa 10:5 1Sa 10:6 1Sa 10:10 1Sa 19:20-24 Jer 36:5 Jer 36:6 Joe 2:28 Joe 2:29 Ac 2:17 Ac 2:18 Ac 11:28 Ac 21:9-11 1Co 11:4 1Co 11:5 1Co 14:1-3 1Co 14:32 2Pe 1:21

gave it.From this place, Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without any diminution of its lustre.

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