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God Rebukes Moses

23 But the Lord responded to Moses, “Is the Lord short on power?[a] You’re now going to witness whether what I say will come to pass or not.”

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He gathered 70 men from the elders of the people and stationed them around the tent. 25 The Lord came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses,[b] and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:23 Lit. hand
  2. Numbers 11:25 Lit. him
  3. Numbers 11:25 Lit. prophesied, and not again

23 The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short?(A) Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.(B)

24 So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud(C) and spoke with him,(D) and he took some of the power of the Spirit(E) that was on him and put it on the seventy elders.(F) When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied(G)—but did not do so again.

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