Numbers 11:16-17
The Response of God
11:16 The Lord said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.
11:17 Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself.
Numbers 11:25
11:25 And the
Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses
and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them,
they prophesied,
but did not do so again.
Numbers 11:30
11:30 Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.