Numbers 11:24 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 11:24

22 ^aShall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?”

23 And the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether ^bwhat I say will happen to you or not.”

24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he ^agathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.

25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, ^awhen the Spirit rested upon them, that ^bthey prophesied, although they never did so again.

26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who ^ahad not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp.

27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, ^aforbid them!”

29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you¹ zealous for my sake? ^aOh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

30 And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

The Lord Sends Quail

31 Now a ^awind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 11:24

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American Standard Version
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.

Amplified® Bible
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the Tent.

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

Darby English Version
And Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah; and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tent.

Good News Bible
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.

King James Version
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses goeth out, and speaketh unto the people the words of Jehovah, and gathereth seventy men of the elders of the people, and causeth them to stand round about the tent,

New English Translation
So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.

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