Numbers 11:24
Good News Translation
So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He assembled seventy of the leaders and placed them around the Tent.

New Revised Standard Version
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD; and he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around the tent.

Contemporary English Version
Moses told the people what the LORD had said. Then he chose 70 respected leaders and went with them to the sacred tent. While the leaders stood in a circle around the tent, Moses went inside,

New American Bible
So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. Gathering seventy elders of the people, he had them stand around the tent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle.

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Numbers 11:16,26 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee, . . .

Context
Seventy Elders Anointed
23And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no. 24Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle.25And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And when the spirit had rested on them they prophesied, nor did they cease afterwards.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:24
And he cast out Adam: and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Numbers 11:16
And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee,

Numbers 11:23
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