Numbers 11:24

"And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tent. And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more."

"And Moses went out ..." (Numbers 11:24). It is not stated in this chapter that Moses went into the tabernacle to register his complaint; but the statement here that "he went out," "obviously implies that he did."[18]

"Round about the Tent ..." (Numbers 11:24). "This does not mean on all four sides, but in a semi-circle in front of the Tent."[19]

"They prophesied, but they did so no more ..." (Numbers 11:25). The diverse opinions about this verse are a bit perplexing, but we feel perfectly safe in receiving the meaning to be as it is in our version. Wade noted that, "Their gift was only temporary."[20] "The gift was temporary, solely to mark their entrance into their sacred office."[21] Unger also pointed out that the Hebrew here literally has, "and added not"; and from this Owen gave as an alternate meaning of the passage that: "They prophesied only that which the Spirit gave them and did not add anything to it."[22]