SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:30
Y se recogió Moisés al campamento, él y los ancianos de Israel.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 30. And Moses got him into the camp , etc.] From the door of the tabernacle, where he had been settling the elders in their office, and now betook himself to the camp of Israel, perhaps to look more particularly into the affair of Eldad and Medad, and settle that, and put them among the elders; for they were of them that were written, whose names were put down for elders in the paper Moses had written for that purpose, and in the summons that were given; or more generally to do public business, to exercise rule and government, with this new assistance granted him, as follows: he and the elders of Israel ; he went in company with them, to impart to them the honour and glory they were to share with him in the government, as Aben Ezra observes; or they went together, to observe what would be done for the people, according to the promise of the Lord, to give them flesh; who had made good his word to Moses, by taking of his Spirit and putting it on seventy men for his assistance; the other remained to be done, and was done as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-30 - We have here the fulfilment of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel. He gave of his Spirit to the sevent elders. They discoursed to the people of the things of God, so that all who heard them might say, that God was with them of a truth. Two of the elders, Eldad and Medad, went not out unto the tabernacle, as the rest being sensible of their own weakness and unworthiness. But the Spiri of God found them in the camp, and there they exercised their gift of praying, preaching, and praising God; they spake as moved by the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God is not confined to the tabernacle, but, lik the wind, blows where He listeth. And they that humble themselves shal be exalted; and those who are most fit for government, are leas ambitious of it. Joshua does not desire that they should be punished but only restrained for the future. This motion he made out of zeal for what he thought to be the unity of the church. He would have the silenced, lest they should occasion a schism, or should rival Moses but Moses was not afraid of any such effects from that Spirit which God had put upon them. Shall we reject those whom Christ has owned, or restrain any from doing good, because they are not in every thing of our mind? Moses wishes all the Lord's people were prophets, that he would put his Spirit upon all of them. Let the testimony of Moses be believed by those who desire to be in power; that government is burden. It is a burden of care and trouble to those who make conscienc of the duty of it; and to those who do not, it will prove a heavie burden in the day of account. Let the example of Moses be followed by those in power; let them not despise the advice and assistance of others, but desire it, and be thankful for it. If all the presen number of the Lord's people were rendered prophets, or ministers, by the Spirit of Christ, though not all agreed in outward matters, ther is work enough for all, in calling sinners to repentance, and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Original Hebrew
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