(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 11:16–23, “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. And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.”
Moses was growing weary of the task that the Lord had given him and the Lord understood that the job was too big for one man. Up to that stage, Moses had to micro manage the nation as well as communicate with the Lord and bring the messages to the people. However, the Lord understood that Moses needed help so he told Moses to gather seventy leaders from the people and get them to join him. These seventy leaders would be able to do the micro management of the nation while Moses could get on with the larger task and dedicate his time to communicating with the Lord and taking that message to the people. The Lord understood Moses complaint about the overwhelming burden he had to face as he lead the nation but the Lord also listened to the complaint. He told Moses that He would give the people meat to eat. He promised that He would bring enough meat for them to eat for a month. There were six hundred thousand soldiers among Israel but there were nearly two million people all told. Who could provided meat for two million people for a whole month? The Lord promised that He would and He told Moses to wait and see what He could do.
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