Numbers 11:25

The LORD puts his Spirit on the elders and they prophesy once. God visibly confirms their empowerment for shared leadership.

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• Num 11:17And 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.
• Joel 2:28–29And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
• 1 Sam 10:10And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
• Num 12:5And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
• 2 Pet 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
• 1 Cor 14:1–3Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
• 1 Sam 19:20–24And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
• 2 Kgs 2:15And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
• Acts 2:17–18And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
• 1 Sam 10:5–6After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
• Acts 21:9–11And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
• Ps 99:7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
• Exod 40:38For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
• 1 Cor 11:4–5Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
• Jer 36:5–6And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
• Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Acts 11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
• 1 Cor 14:32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
• Exod 34:5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
• Luke 9:34–35While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.

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