And I will come down and talk with thee there: (k) and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.
(k) I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to you.
Verse Numbers 11:17. _I WILL TAKE OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS UPON THEE_] From this place Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without losin...
Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Numbers 11:4 THE MIXT MULTITUDE - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of...
II. THE JOURNEY STARTED: ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF, FAILURE AND PUNISHMENT 1. The Departure and the First Failure CHAPTER 10:11-36 _ 1. The cloud moves (Numbers 10:11)_ 2. The standard of the camp of Juda...
NUMBERS 11:4 (JE). THE PEOPLE'S LUST FOR FLESH AND MOSES-' COMPLAINT OF HIS EXCESSIVE BURDEN. This section is a combination of two narratives (from J and E), relating (1) a demand of the people for fl...
TAKE OF. withdraw. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach,_ spirit, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the gifts and manifestations of the Holy Spirit. Compare 1 Corinthians 12:4. See App-9....
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GATHER UNTO ME— Though it cannot be denied that the remonstrance of Moses was rather over-passionate, and favoured much of human imperfection, yet, gracious and condescen...
E. BITTER EXPERIENCE AT THE GRAVES OF LUST (KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH), vv. 4-35 TEXT Numbers 11:4. And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GATHER UNTO ME SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, WHOM THOU KNOWEST TO BE THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND OFFICERS OVER THEM; AND BRING THEM UNTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE C...
JOURNEYINGS FROM SINAI TO MOAB (NUMBERS 10:11 TO NUMBERS 22:1) After a stay at Sinai of nearly a year (cp. Numbers 10:11 with Exodus 19:1) the s
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD SENDS FIRE – NUMBERS 11:1-3 V1 The people started to complain about their problems. The *LORD heard the
AND I WILL COME DOWN... — The cloud which hovered over the Tabernacle appears to have descended to the entrance of it (Numbers 11:25). (Comp. Exodus 33:9; Numbers 12:5;...
וְ יָרַדְתִּ֗י וְ דִבַּרְתִּ֣י עִמְּךָ֮ שָׁם֒...
THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY Numbers 11:1 THE narrative has accompanied the march of Israel but a short way from the mount of God to some spot marked for an encampment by the ark of the covenant,...
GOD'S SPIRIT UPON THE SEVENTY Numbers 11:16 God's considerateness for His overwrought servant was very tender. He knows our frame and remembers that we are dust. He does not chide, nor keep His ange...
Here we enter upon the second section in the Book of Numbers, in which is revealed the failure of man. The first evidence was discontent, resulting unquestionably from the hardship of life. This was...
Thy spirit. St. Augustine (q. 18) reads "of the spirit which is on thee;" (Septuagint) referring it to the indivisible spirit of God, so that these ancients received what was sufficient for them, whil...
Not that the LORD lessened the influences of his HOLY SPIRIT on the mind of Moses, in order to impart the same to others. There is enough in GOD to supply all. One sun warms and enlightens the whole w...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
We are now brought to turn our thoughts in another direction-to see the conduct of the people in the wilderness, and alas! what is it except a history of unfaithfulness and rebellion? Let us add, howe...
AND I WILL COME DOWN AND TALK WITH THEE THERE,.... Descend from heaven, by some visible token of his power and presence, and in a friendly manner converse with him face to face; which was an instance...
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear ...
_I will come down_ By my powerful presence and operation. _I will put it on them_ That is, I will give the same spirit to them which I have given to thee. The _spirit_ is here put for the gifts of the...
1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses prayer. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loth Manna. 10 Moses complayneth of his charge. 16 God diuideth his burden vnto seuentie Elders. 31 Quailes are...
MOSES IS GIVEN ASSISTANTS...
And I will come down and talk with thee there; and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them, not that Moses would possess so much less of the spirit of wisdom, but that t...
COMPLAINT ANSWERED BY FIRE (vs.1-3) Israel had reason for profound thanksgiving to the Lord, as believers certainly have today. Yet now they complained (v.1) without any reason for it. It is sad when...
16-23 Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise and experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not found fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the di...
I WILL COME DOWN, not by local motion, but by my powerful presence and operation. See GENESIS 11:5 EXODUS 34:5. WILL PUT IT UPON THEM, i.e. I will give the same Spirit to them which I have given to th...
Hitherto we have been occupied, in our study of this book, with God's mode of ordering and providing for His people in the wilderness. We have travelled over the first ten Chapter s and seen in them t...
Numbers 11:17 down H3381 (H8804) talk H1696 (H8765) take H680 (H8804) Spirit H7307 put H7760 ...
YAHWEH'S RESPONSE TO MOSES: THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SEVENTY ELDERS AND THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOOD (NUMBERS 11:16). At Moses' plea Yahweh graciously responded to both his problems, not by killing him, bu...
CONTENTS: Complaints about the manna and the consequences. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eldad, Medad, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Though God graciously gives us leave to complain to Him when there is cause, yet...
Numbers 11:7. _The manna._ See Exodus 14:15. and 31. _Bdellium._ See Genesis 2:12; Exodus 28:19....
_Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders._ THE ANSWER OF GOD TO THE APPEALS OF MEN I. The Lord’s answer to the appeal of his much-tried servant. 1. The number of the assistants. 2. Their selectio...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 11:4 The people complain about the monotony of their diet of manna. What they really want, however, are the pleasures of EGYPT (vv. Numbers 11:4
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 11:16 Though God gives his people the MEAT they want, he punishes them for their ungrateful attitude. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 11:1. “_And when the people complained,”_ etc. Margin: “the people were, as it were, complainers.” _Speaker’s Comm_.: “And the people were as those that complai...
EXPOSITION KIBROTH HATTAAVAH (Numbers 11:4). NUMBERS 11:4 THE MIXED MULTITUDE. Hebrew, _ha_-_saphsuph, _the gathered; the rift-raft, or rabble, which had followed the fortunes of Israel out of Egypt...
This time let's turn to Numbers chapter eleven. In reading Numbers eleven through twenty, I see a pattern emerging, a pattern of chronic complaining, as the people are now complaining against the Lord...
1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Samuel 10:6;...
TROUBLES AND TESTINGS BY THE WAY Numbers 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our last study was a study of Numbers 9:1. We are skipping over the 10th chapter and preparing to consider chapter 11. There are, ho...
I will come down — By my powerful presence and operation. I will put it on them — That is, I will give the same spirit to them which I have given to thee. But as the spirit was not conveyed to them fr...