and I have come down and spoken with thee there, and have kept back of the Spirit which is upon thee, and have put on them, and they have borne with thee some of the burden of the people, and thou dost not bear it thyself alone.Numbers 11:17 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleI will take of the spirit which is upon thee - From this place Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without losing any of its brightness. To convince Moses that God had sufficiently qualified him for the work which he had given him to do, he tells him that of the gifts and graces which he has given him he will qualify seventy persons to bear the charge with him. This was probably intended as a gracious reproof. Query. Did not Moses lose a measure of his gifts in this business? And is it not right that he whom God has called to and qualified for some particular office, should lose those gifts which he either undervalues or refuses to employ for God in the way appointed? Is there not much reason to believe that many cases have occurred where the spiritual endowments of particular persons have been taken away and given to others who made a better use of them? Hence the propriety of that exhortation, Revelation 3:11 : Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. The gracious God never called a man to perform a work without furnishing him with adequate strength; and to refuse to do it on the pretense of inability is little short of rebellion against God. This institution of the seventy persons to help Moses the rabbins consider as the origin of their grand council called the Sanhedrin. But we find that a council of seventy men, elders of Israel, had existed among the people a year before this time. See Exodus 24:9 (note); see the advice given to Jethro to Moses, Exodus 18:17 (note), etc., and the notes there.
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I will come
Numbers 11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was on him, and gave it to the seventy elders...
Numbers 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam...
Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Genesis 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
Exodus 19:11,20 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai...
Exodus 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
John 3:13 And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
talk with
Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold...
Genesis 17:3,22 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying...
Genesis 18:20-22,33 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous...
I will take
Numbers 27:18 And the LORD said to Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him;
1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
2 Kings 2:9,15 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I be taken away from you...
Nehemiah 9:20 You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground: I will pour my spirit on your seed...
Isaiah 59:20,21 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, said the LORD...
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy...
John 7:39 (But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given...
Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you...
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God...
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit...
1 Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given to us his holy Spirit.
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers...
Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
they shall
Exodus 18:22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to you...
Acts 6:3,4 Why, brothers, look you out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom...
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