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And the LORDsaid unto Moses,Gather unto me seventymen 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.
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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.
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And say thou unto the people,Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eatflesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD,saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
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Ye shall not eatoneday, nor two days, nor fivedays, neither tendays, nor twentydays;
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But even a whole month*, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have weptbefore him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
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And Mosessaid, The people,among whom I am, are sixhundredthousandfootmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a wholemonth.
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Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
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And the LORDsaid unto Moses, Is the LORD'Shand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
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And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventymen of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
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And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventyelders*: and it came to pass, that, when the spiritrested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
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But there remainedtwo of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the otherMedad: and the spiritrested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.