Verse 24

Numbers 11:24

New Living Translation

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24 So Moses went out and reported the LORD’s words to the people. He gathered the seventy elders and stationed them around the Tabernacle.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֵּצֵ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַ/יְדַבֵּר֙ אֶל הָ/עָ֔ם אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֞ף שִׁבְעִ֥ים אִישׁ֙ מִ/זִּקְנֵ֣י הָ/עָ֔ם וַֽ/יַּעֲמֵ֥ד אֹתָ֖/ם סְבִיבֹ֥ת הָ/אֹֽהֶל

English Translation

And Moses went out and spoke to the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered seventy men from the elders of the people and placed them around the tent.

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Chapter 11 Context

1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the LORD heard everything they said. The... Focus ↗

2 Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the LORD, the fire stopped. Focus ↗

3 After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from th... Focus ↗

4 Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egy... Focus ↗

5 “We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks,... Focus ↗

6 But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!” Focus ↗

7 The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin. Focus ↗

8 The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mill... Focus ↗

9 The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night. Focus ↗

10 Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the LORD became ex... Focus ↗

11 And Moses said to the LORD, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! Wh... Focus ↗

12 Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my a... Focus ↗

13 Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, ‘Give us meat... Focus ↗

14 I can’t carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy! Focus ↗

15 If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this mi... Focus ↗

16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders... Focus ↗

17 I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will... Focus ↗

18 “And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining... Focus ↗

19 And it won’t be for just a day or two, or for five or ten or even twenty. Focus ↗

20 You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD,... Focus ↗

21 But Moses responded to the LORD, “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I... Focus ↗

22 Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fi... Focus ↗

23 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word com... Focus ↗

24 So Moses went out and reported the LORD’s words to the people. He gathered the seventy elders and st...

25 And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spi... Focus ↗

26 Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they... Focus ↗

27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!” Focus ↗

28 Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make... Focus ↗

29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and... Focus ↗

30 Then Moses returned to the camp with the elders of Israel. Focus ↗

31 Now the LORD sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp. For... Focus ↗

32 So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day,... Focus ↗

33 But while they were gorging themselves on the meat — while it was still in their mouths — the anger... Focus ↗

34 So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they bur... Focus ↗

35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the Israelites traveled to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Numbers
Chapter: Chapter 11 (35 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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