Numbers 11:16-29

16Then the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872, “BringH622 Me seventyH7657 of the eldersH376H2205 of IsraelH3478 known to youH3045H3588H1992 as leadersH2205 and officersH7860 of the peopleH5971. BringH3947 themH853 toH413 the TentH168 of MeetingH4150 and have them standH3320 thereH8033 with youH5973.

17And I will come downH3381 and speakH1696 with youH5973 thereH8033, and I will takeH680 some ofH4480 the SpiritH7307 thatH834 is on youH5921 and putH7760 that Spirit on themH5921. They will help you bearH5375H854 the burdenH4853 of the peopleH5971, so that youH859 do notH3808 have to bear itH5375 by yourselfH905.

18AndH413 sayH559 to the peopleH5971: Consecrate yourselvesH6942 for tomorrowH4279, and you will eatH398 meatH1320, becauseH3588 you have cried outH1058 in the hearingH241 of the LORDH3068, sayingH559: ‘WhoH4310 will feed usH398 meatH1320? ForH3588 we were better offH2895 in EgyptH4714!’ Therefore the LORDH3068 will giveH5414 you meatH1320, and you will eatH398. 19You will eat itH398H3808 notH3808 for oneH259 or two daysH3117, norH3808 for fiveH2568 or tenH6235 or twentyH6242 daysH3117, 20but forH5704 a whole monthH2320H3117—untilH5704 it comes outH3318 of your nostrilsH639 and makesH1961 you nauseousH2214—becauseH3282H3588 you have rejectedH3988 the LORDH3068, whoH834 is among youH7130, and have cried outH1058 before HimH6440, sayingH559, ‘WhyH4100 did we everH2088 leaveH3318 EgyptH4714?’”

21But MosesH4872 repliedH559, “Here I amH595 amongH7130 600,000H8337H3967H505 menH5971 on footH7273, yet YouH859 sayH559, ‘I will giveH5414 them meatH1320, and they will eatH398 for a monthH2320H3117.’ 22If all our flocksH6629 and herdsH1241 were slaughteredH7819 for them, would they have enoughH4672? Or ifH518 allH3605 the fishH1709 in the seaH3220 were caughtH622 for them, would they have enoughH4672?”

23The LORDH3068H413 answeredH559 MosesH4872, “Is the LORD’sH3068 armH3027 too shortH7114? NowH6258 you will seeH7200 whether orH518 notH3808 My wordH1697 will come to passH7136.”

24So MosesH4872 went outH3318 and relayedH1696 toH413 the peopleH5971 the wordsH1697 of the LORDH3068, and he gatheredH622 seventyH7657H376 of the eldersH2205 of the peopleH5971 and had them standH5975 aroundH5439 the tentH168. 25Then the LORDH3068 came downH3381 in the cloudH6051 and spokeH1696 to himH413, and He tookH680 some ofH4480 the SpiritH7307 thatH834 was onH5921 Moses and placedH5414 that Spirit onH5921 the seventyH7657H376 eldersH2205H1961. As the SpiritH7307 restedH5117 on themH5921, they prophesiedH5012—but they neverH3808 did so againH3254.

26TwoH8147 menH582, however, had remainedH7604 in the campH4264—oneH259 namedH8034 EldadH419H8034 and the otherH8145 MedadH4312—and the SpiritH7307 restedH5117 on themH5921. TheyH1992 were among those listedH3789, but they had notH3808 gone outH3318 to the tentH168, and they prophesiedH5012 in the campH4264. 27A young manH5288 ranH7323 and reportedH5046 to MosesH4872H559, “EldadH419 and MedadH4312 are prophesyingH5012 in the campH4264.”

28JoshuaH3091 sonH1121 of NunH5126, the attendantH8334 to MosesH4872 since youthH979, spoke upH6030 and saidH559, “MosesH4872, my lordH113, stop themH3607!”

29But MosesH4872 repliedH559, “Are youH859 jealousH7065 on my accountH4310? I wish thatH5414 allH3605 the LORD’sH3068 peopleH5971 were prophetsH5030 and thatH3588 the LORDH3068 would placeH5414 His SpiritH7307 on themH5921!”