(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 11:24–30, “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. 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. 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. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 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! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.”
Moses passed the Lord’s message on to the people and they chose the seventy men to act as Moses helpers and relieve the enormous task he had. It was impossible for these men to perform this great task without the Spirit of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord came down on these men; this was shown by the fact that they prophesied. Two of the chosen men hadn’t come to the Tabernacle in the centre of the camp but the Spirit of the Lord came on those men anyway. The prophesied in the camp as well. Joshua was envious that these men were demonstrating these miraculous signs in the camp and asked Moses to stop them. Joshua was more concerned about Moses’ reputation than he was about his own status. However, Moses knew that this was from the Lord and let them continue. There are many people in leadership positions today who can’t cope with the fact that the next generation are showing ability and are ready to take over the senior leadership roles. These people should seek to follow Moses’ example and encourage the young people to develop into their full potential.
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