Numbers 11:16

said. See note on Numbers 3:40.

to be. "that [they] be".

tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. ohel. App-40.

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¹⁶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

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