Numbers 11:24 says, And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. Moses went out and told the people what God had said and gathered the seventy elders and placed them around about the tabernacle. We aren't told who these seventy elders were, but know that they were the leaders of the people. We need to do what God tells us to do today, especially the leaders of the nation. Verse twenty-five adds, And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. God came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses, then took the Spirit that was on Moses and gave the Spirit to these seventy elders as well. When this happened, they began to prophesy and did not stop. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we have the Holy Spirit come to indwell us and we should proclaim His word without stopping. Verse twenty-six continues, But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. Two men, Eldad and Medad, didn't go to the tabernacle but remained 8n the camp and started prophesying. For whatever reason, they did not come to the tabernacle even though they were two of the seventy, but the Spirit found and enabled them where they were. We are fortunate that we don't have to be in a certain place for God to use us, and if He chooses us, He will find and equip us wherever we are. Verse twenty-seven states, And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. A young man ran and told Moses what Eldad and Medad were doing, for whatever reason. Some people today may still run to religious leaders if they see someone that they don't believe should be doing so proclaiming God's word, but it is not up to us to judge. Verse twenty-six adds, And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. Joshua, who would later be noted for his faith in God, told Moses to tell them to stop. We may be faithful to God, but at times we may still be wrong in what we personally believe should happen in the Church, God's people. Verse twenty-nine continues, And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! Moses asked Joshua if he was opposed to Eldad and Medad prophesying out of envy for Moses, and then said that he would like for all God's people to be prophets and the Spirit of the LORD be on all of them. As Christians today, the Spirit of the Lord is in all of us, and we should proclaim His word wherever we are. Verse thirty says, And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. Moses went into the camp with the elders. We as followers of Christ need to go where the people are and share the gospel with them. Verse thirty-one adds, And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. God then basically rained down quail all around the camp, piling them up high. God did what He had said He would do and provided them with more meat than they could eat. If we quit complaining and simply look to God to provide our needs, He will bless us beyond measure. Verse thirty-two continues, And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. It took the people two days to gather all the quail. Verse thirty-three declares, And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. As they were eating, God's wrath was kindled against them, because they had not been satisfied with His provision for them but had demanded more, and He sent a plague on them. Just because we may get more in this world than we we really need and that God has already provided for us doesn't mean that this is a sign of God's blessing us. Verse thirty-four adds, And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. God named the place Kibrothhattaavah, because the people had lusted there. I don't believe that we as Christians should ever lust after the things of this world. Verse thirty-five continues, And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. The people left there and went to Hazeroth, where they abode for awhile. If we have been envying the things of this world, we need to leave the place of envy behind and move on by faith.
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