“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.”
'I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you, so that you do not bear it all alone' — God promises to descend to the tent and redistribute Moses' spiritual authority. The 'spirit' (ruach) on Moses—his prophetic gifting and leadership capacity—will be shared ('take some...put it on them'). The seventy elders become co-bearers of the leadership burden. Remarkably, this does not diminish Moses' spirit but multiplies it through others.
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