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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Numbers 11:25

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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came down: Num 11:17, Num 12:5; Exo 34:5, Exo 40:38; Psa 99:7; Luk 9:34, Luk 9:35 took: Num 11:17; Kg2 2:15; Jam 1:17 gave it: From this place, Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without any diminution of its lustre. they prophesied: By prophesying here we are to understand, their performing those civil and sacred functions for which they were qualified; exhorting the people to quiet and peaceable submission, and to trust and confidence in the providence of God. Sa1 10:5, Sa1 10:6, Sa1 10:10, Sa1 19:20-24; Jer 36:5, Jer 36:6; Joe 2:28, Joe 2:29; Act 2:17, Act 2:18; Act 11:28, Act 21:9-11; Co1 11:4, Co1 11:5, Co1 14:1-3, Co1 14:32; Pe2 1:21 Numbers 11:26
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