Numbers 11:16 (WEB)
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; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
Fathers and councils · 2
“Moses too in choosing the seventy elders is told to take those whom he knows to be elders indeed, and to select them not for their years but for their discretion.” — editor's note: Nu. xi. 16.
Read the whole comment“We too in our day have our Timothy; we too have seen that wisdom which is as good as gray hairs; our Moses has chosen an elder whom he has known to be an elder indeed.” — editor's note: Nu. xi. 16. Presbyterum. This name (afterwards contracted into Priest) is taken from that of the Elders of Israel.
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Cross-references · 1
Numbers 11:16 and Jeremiah 19:1 share the same wording (10 words).