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Moses Elects Seventy Elders is a painting by Jacob de Wit, completed in December 1737 and commissioned for the interior of the City Hall in Amsterdam. It shows Moses electing seventy elders (Numbers 11:16-17, 24–25) and is now in the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. It is one of thirteen paintings by the artist on Hebrew Bible themes.
When Moses declared that the task of leading the people was too difficult for him, God had him appoint 70 elders (zekenim) to share the burden of leadership with him. [4] According to the Mishnah, these 70 elders plus Moses himself are the source for the 71 judges of the "Great Sanhedrin". [5]
Eldad (Hebrew: אֶלְדָּד, Modern: ’Eldad, Tiberian: ’Eldāḏ) and Medad (Hebrew: מֵידָד, Modern: Mēdad, Tiberian: Mēḏāḏ) are mentioned in the Book of Numbers, and are described as having prophesied among the Israelites, despite the fact that they had remained in the camp, while 70 elders had gone to the tabernacle outside the camp to receive the ability to prophesy ...
In the Theocratic Government structure used by Kent and previously by Tomlinson, there was a recognition that the Bible states that Moses had gathered seventy elders of the children of Israel to be anointed with the Holy Spirit, and when this happened, there were another two who also were anointed within the camp (Numbers 11:24-26), and in ...
Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah; Moses and the Messengers from Canaan; Moses at the Rock of Horeb; Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law; Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters; Moses Elects Seventy Elders; Moses Leaving for Egypt; Musa va 'Uj
Moses ordained Joshua through semikhah—i.e. by the laying on of hands: Num 27:15–23, Deut 34:9. The Bible adds that Joshua was thereby "filled with the spirit of wisdom". Moses also ordained the 70 elders (Num 11:16–25). The elders later ordained their successors in this way. Their successors in turn ordained others.
[35] Moses gathered the 70 elders, and God came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and drew on the spirit that was on Moses and put it on the elders. [36] When the spirit rested on them, they spoke in ecstasy, but did not continue. [37] Eldad and Medad had remained in camp, yet the spirit rested on them, and they spoke in ecstasy in the camp. [38]
But Moses questioned how enough flocks, herds, or fish could be found to feed 600,000. God answered: “Is there a limit to the Lord’s power?” Moses gathered the 70 elders, and God came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and drew upon the spirit that was on Moses and put it upon the elders.