Numbers 11:17

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.”

16 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.

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.

19 You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
WEB
I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.
ASV
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
DARBY
And I will come down and talk with thee there; and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, and thou shalt not bear it alone.
BLB
And I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that [is] upon you, and will put the [same] upon them. And they shall bear with you the burden of the people, that you may not bear [it] yourself alone.
ÅB
Så vil jeg komme ned og tale med deg der, og jeg vil ta av den ånd som er over deg, og legge på dem, så de kan bære byrden av folket sammen med deg, og du ikke skal bære den alene.
OTB
Jeg vil komme ned og tale med deg der, og jeg vil ta noe av Ånden som er over deg og legge den på dem. De skal dele byrden av folket med deg, så du ikke må bære den alene.
B1930
Så vil jeg komme ned og tale med dig der, og jeg vil ta av den ånd som er over dig, og legge på dem, så de kan bære byrden av folket sammen med dig, og du ikke skal bære den alene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 10:6

    Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

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  • Numbers 11:25

    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:4–11

    There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

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  • 2 Kings 2:9

    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

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  • 2 Kings 2:15

    When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:12

    We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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  • Joel 2:28

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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  • Isaiah 59:20–21

    “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

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