Study it in the app“So Moses went out and told the people the words of YHWH; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent.”
So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהwent outיֵּצֵאand toldוַיְדַבֵּרthe peopleאֶל הָעָםthe wordsאֵת דִּבְרֵיof YHWH;יְהוָהand he gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹףseventyשִׁבְעִיםmenאִישׁof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof the peopleהָעָםand placedוַיַּעֲמֵדthemאֹתָםaroundסְבִיבֹתthe tent.הָאֹהֶל
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamed” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears23And YHWH said to Moses, “Is YHWH’s hand too short? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”
24 · This verse (above)
25And YHWH came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy men, the elders; and when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not continue.
