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I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
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God's Spirit is Not Diminished
Commentators explain that when God took "of the Spirit" on Moses, it did not diminish Moses's own spiritual gifts. Several scholars use the analogy of a central flame lighting many other lamps without losing any of its own brightness. God's anointing is not a finite resource; He equips many from the same infinite source to do His work.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.
(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…
19th Century
Anglican
And I will come down ... — The cloud which hovered over the Tabernacle appears to have descended to the entrance of it ([…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will come down and talk with you there Descend from heaven, by some visible token of his power and presence, a…
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