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25 Then the Lord came down in a cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit that was upon him and placed it upon the seventy elders. When the Spirit descended upon them, they began to prophesy,[a] although they did not do so again.

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  1. Numbers 11:25 They began to prophesy: the prophetic gift in this case seems to be limited in time and power, but it allowed the seventy elders to be established as spiritual leaders.

25 The Lord came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses,[a] and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it.[b]

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  1. Numbers 11:25 Lit. him
  2. Numbers 11:25 Lit. prophesied, and not again