Numbers 11:17

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.

Cross References

1 Samuel 10:6

The Spirit of the Lord will suddenly take control of you. You'll become a different person and start prophesying right along with them.

Numbers 11:25

and the Lord spoke with him. Then the Lord took some authority from Moses and gave it to the 70 leaders. And when the Lord's Spirit took control of them, they started shouting like prophets. But they did it only this one time.

1 Corinthians 2:12

But God has given us his Spirit. This is why we don't think the same way that the people of this world think. This is also why we can recognize the blessings God has given us.

2 Kings 2:9

After they had reached the other side, Elijah said, “Elisha, the Lord will soon take me away. What can I do for you before that happens?” Elisha answered, “Please give me twice as much of your power as you give the other prophets, so I can be the one who takes your place as their leader.”

Joel 2:28

Later, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.

2 Kings 2:15

When the prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they said to each other, “Elisha now has Elijah's power.” They walked over to him, bowed down,

Romans 8:9

You are no longer ruled by your desires, but by God's Spirit, who lives in you. People who don't have the Spirit of Christ in them don't belong to him.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

So if you don't obey these rules, you are not really disobeying us. Instead, you are disobeying God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Nehemiah 9:20

Your gentle Spirit instructed them, and you gave them manna to eat and water to drink.

Exodus 18:22

These judges can handle the ordinary cases and bring the more difficult ones to you. Having them to share the load will make your work easier.

Jude 1:19

And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit.

1 Peter 1:22

You obeyed the truth, and your souls were made pure. Now you sincerely love each other. But you must keep on loving with all your heart.

Numbers 12:5

There the Lord appeared in a cloud and told Aaron and Miriam to come closer.

Exodus 19:20

The Lord came down to the top of Mount Sinai and told Moses to meet him there.

Genesis 11:5

But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower,

John 7:39

Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit, who would be given to everyone that had faith in him. The Spirit had not yet been given to anyone, since Jesus had not yet been given his full glory.

John 3:13

No one has gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from there.

Isaiah 44:3

I will bless the thirsty land by sending streams of water; I will bless your descendants by giving them my Spirit.

Numbers 27:18

The Lord answered, “Joshua son of Nun can do the job. Place your hands on him to show that he is the one to take your place.

Numbers 12:8

He sees me face to face, and everything I say to him is perfectly clear. You have no right to criticize my servant Moses.”

Exodus 34:5

The Lord God came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain. God spoke his holy name, “the Lord.”

Exodus 19:11

and be ready by the day after tomorrow, when I will come down to Mount Sinai, where all of them can see me.

Genesis 18:33

After speaking with Abraham, the Lord left, and Abraham went back home.

Genesis 17:22

God finished speaking to Abraham and then left.

Genesis 17:3

Abram bowed with his face to the ground, and God said:

Exodus 18:18

You and the people who come to you will soon be worn out. The job is too much for one person; you can't do it alone.

Isaiah 63:11

But his people remembered what had happened during the time of Moses. Didn't the Lord bring them and their leaders safely through the sea? Didn't he give them his Holy Spirit?

Numbers 7:89

Whenever Moses needed to talk with the Lord, he went into the sacred tent, where he heard the Lord's voice coming from between the two winged creatures above the lid of the sacred chest.