THE DIVINE APPEARING IN NUMBERS 11
[p. 70] THE DIVINE APPEARING IN NUMBERS 11
Moses complained, “Why hast thou done evil to thy servant ... that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?” Jehovah said, “Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel ... take them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with thee. And I will come down and talk with thee”. What gracious consideration of the servant!
“Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men”. It was an appearing marked by God coming down and honouring His servant, speaking to him in the presence of the others. It would be seen that God was not unreasonable In putting such a heavy burden (as Moses said) on His servant — that He had furnished him with sufficient power to carry it; for the Spirit put upon the seventy was taken from Moses. There was no added power.
There was, however, added personality; the seventy involved this; although the spirit of Moses, as it were, was upon all, each of the seventy had his own distinction.
Pages 71 to 412 — ‘The Glory of Christ’. Notes of Meetings at London, Ontario, 1940, Indianapolis, 1944 and Rochester, N.Y., 1949 (Volume 200).