From one man to seventy men

Moses poured out his heart to God, saying that he was not able to bear the burden alone of looking after Israel. The Lord helped Moses in a magnificent way,

So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone” (Numbers 11.16–17).

Does this imply that Moses had been doing the work of seventy men? I think it does, and if I am correct, then the man Moses was a man among men. May the Lord provide the church with men of that calibre.

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