Números 11:25

25 Entonces el SEÑOR descendió en la nube, y le habló; y tomó del espíritu que estaba en él, y lo dio a los setenta varones ancianos; y fue que, al reposar sobre ellos el espíritu, profetizaron, y no cesaron

Números 11:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:25

And the Lord came down in a cloud
In a cloud of glory, or a glorious one, as the Targums; either in the same that went before the people in the wilderness, or in one distinct from it, and only used on this occasion, as a visible token of the presence of God:

and spake unto him;
to Moses, talked with him, as he said he would, ( Numbers 11:17 ) ;

and took of the Spirit which [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the
seventy elders; (See Gill on Numbers 11:17); and it came to pass [that] when the Spirit rested upon them they
prophesied;
either they sung the praises of God, which is sometimes the sense of prophesying, ( 1 Chronicles 25:1-3 ) ; blessing God for the honour done them, and the gift bestowed on them; or they opened and explained the laws of God, in virtue of the gifts they had received, according to which they were to assist Moses in the government of the people, or they foretold things come: the Jews say they prophesied of the quails, but that is not very likely:

and did not cease;
from prophesying; the spirit of prophecy continued with them, which, in some cases, might be necessary: or, they ceased not to prophesy all that day, though they afterwards did: and in the Hebrew text it is, "they added not" ^F17, that is, to prophesy, and Jarchi says they only prophesied that day, as it is interpreted in an ancient book of theirs, called Siphre: wherefore this spirit of prophecy is thought only to be given them as a temporary thing, for the confirmation of their having received the spirit of government, or gifts qualifying them for that, and to make them respectable among the people, and to show that they were appointed it by divine authority, and that this was not a device of Moses to ease himself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (wpoy) "et non addiderunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "et non am lin", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Números 11:25 In-Context

23 Entonces el SEÑOR respondió a Moisés: ¿Se ha acortado la mano del SEÑOR? Ahora verás si te sucede mi dicho, o no

24 Y salió Moisés, y dijo al pueblo las palabras del SEÑOR; y juntó a los setenta varones de los ancianos del pueblo, y los hizo estar alrededor del tabernáculo

25 Entonces el SEÑOR descendió en la nube, y le habló; y tomó del espíritu que estaba en él, y lo dio a los setenta varones ancianos; y fue que, al reposar sobre ellos el espíritu, profetizaron, y no cesaron

26 Y habían quedado en el campamento dos de los varones, el uno se llamaba Eldad y el otro Medad, sobre los cuales también reposó el espíritu; estaban éstos entre los inscritos, mas no habían salido al tabernáculo; y comenzaron a profetizar en el campamento

27 Y corrió un joven, y dio aviso a Moisés, y dijo: Eldad y Medad profetizan en el campamento