Not About Us

²¹ Moses said, “The people I’m with are six hundred thousand on foot and you’re saying, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ ²² Can flocks and herds be found and slaughtered for them? Or can all the fish in the sea be found and caught for them?” ²³ The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s power too weak? Now you will see whether my word will come true for you or not.” ²⁴ So Moses went out and told the people the LORD’s words. He assembled seventy men from the people’s elders and placed them around the tent. ²⁵ The LORD descended in a cloud, spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and placed it on the seventy elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but only this once. ²⁶ Two men had remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the second named Medad, and the spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they hadn’t gone out to the tent, so they prophesied in the camp. ²⁷ A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” ²⁸ Joshua, Nun’s son and Moses’ assistant since his youth, responded, “My master Moses, stop them!” ²⁹ Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? If only all the LORD’s people were prophets with the LORD placing his spirit on them!” ³⁰ Moses and Israel’s elders were assembled in the camp.