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Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
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Faith Overcomes Doubt
Commentators like John Calvin highlight Moses's immediate action. After expressing despair to God in the previous verses, he "went out" and obeyed without delay. This demonstrates how faith, renewed by God's word, can conquer doubt and spur a leader into prompt, faithful action.
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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 Moses went out ... — that is, it seems, from the tabernacle of the congregation, where he had been conversing with God.
16th Century
Protestant
And Moses went out and told the people the words. We see here how greatly Moses profited from his brief rebuke, for he now actively sets a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses went out Either out of his own tent, about which the people assembled, complaining and weeping, ([Referenc…
We have here the fulfillment of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel. He gave His Spirit to the seventy elders…
