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I. THE CALLING OF THE SEVENTY ELDERS IS AN INSTANCE OF THE ORGANISING ACTION OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

1. A new want needed a remedy.

2. The remedy supplied.

3. The remedy for the want extraordinary.

4. The remedy had its counterpart in —

(1)  The mission of the seventy disciples.

(2)  The ordination of the seven deacons.

II. THE HOLY SPIRIT STILL CARRIES ON THE SAME WORK.

1. The Church has new needs. She must pray as Moses prayed, and realising the presence of the Holy Ghost, set herself to meet these new demands on her energies, in scattered hamlet and crowded alley, where Christ Himself would come.

2. "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets!" Each Christian is a Spirit-bearer. Is he conscious of this dignity and responsibility? Each has his special gifts.

(W. Walters, M. A.)

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KJV: 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.

WEB: Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.