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Numbers 11:16

Moses
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14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.

15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

17 And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

18 And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and their officers; and take them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with thee.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know that they [are] elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Moses: Kall meg sammen sytti menn av Israels eldste, de som du vet er folkets eldste og dets tilsynsmenn, og du skal ta dem med deg til sammenkomstens telt, og la dem stille seg opp der sammen med deg.
OTB
Herren sa til Moses: “Samle for meg sytti menn av Israels eldste, som du vet er folkets eldste og deres offiserer. Bring dem til møteteltet, og la dem stå der med deg.
B1930
Da sa Herren til Moses: Kall mig sammen sytti menn av Israels eldste, de som du vet er folkets eldste og dets tilsynsmenn, og du skal ta dem med dig til sammenkomstens telt, og la dem stille sig op der sammen med dig.

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  • Exodus 24:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

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  • Exodus 24:9

    Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

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  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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  • Genesis 46:27

    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

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  • Luke 10:17

    The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

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  • Luke 10:1

    After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

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  • Ezekiel 8:11

    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

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