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Numbers 11:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Numbers 11:17

Verse 17 of 35

Scripture focus

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.

Numbers 11:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 11:17

Theological / Devotional

Of the spirit. Compare this with the transfer of “the spirit of Elijah” (2 Kings 2:15) to Elisha. Here the gifts and activities of the Holy Spirit are referred to in their energizing of the spirit of man to carry through the plans of God.

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