Numbers 11:16

New Century Version

The Lord said to Moses, “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders, men that you know are leaders among the people. Bring them to the Meeting Tent, and have them stand there with you.

Cross References

Genesis 46:27

Joseph had two sons born in Egypt, so the total number in the family of Jacob in Egypt was seventy.

Exodus 18:25

He chose capable men from all the Israelites and made them leaders over the people; they were officers over groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 24:1

The Lord told Moses, “You, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel must come up to me and worship me from a distance.

Exodus 24:9

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up the mountain

Exodus 4:29

Moses and Aaron gathered all the elders of the Israelites,

Jeremiah 19:1

This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter.

Ezekiel 8:11

Standing in front of these carvings and idols were seventy of the elders of Israel and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. Each man had his pan for burning incense in his hand, and a sweet-smelling cloud of incense was rising.

Numbers 11:24

So Moses went out to the people and told them what the Lord had said. He gathered seventy of the elders together and had them stand around the Tent.

Numbers 16:25

Moses stood and went to Dathan and Abiram; the elders of Israel followed him.

Luke 10:1

After this, the Lord chose seventy-two others and sent them out in pairs ahead of him into every town and place where he planned to go.

Luke 10:17

When the seventy-two came back, they were very happy and said, “Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we used your name!”

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you; they must judge the people fairly.

Deuteronomy 31:28

Gather all the older leaders of your tribes and all your officers to me so that I may say these things for them to hear, and so that I may ask heaven and earth to testify against them.