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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.

(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And Moses went out ... — that is, it seems, from the tabernacle of the congregation, where he had been conversing with God.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Moses went out
Either out of his own tent, about which the people assembled, complaining and weeping, ([Referenc…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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