Numbers 11: 16

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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
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CHAPTER 11

16 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me ^aseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and ^bofficers over them; and bring them unto the ^ctabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

Footnotes

16a	TG Church Organization. TG Seventy.
b	Deut. 16: 18. 18 ¶ ^aJudges and ^bofficers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. D&C 88: 127. 127 And again, the order of the house prepared for the ^apresidency of the ^bschool of the ^cprophets, established for their instruction in all things that are expedient for them, even for all the ^dofficers of the church, or in other words, those who are called to the ministry in the church, beginning at the high priests, even down to the deacons— D&C 107: 21. 21 Of necessity there are presidents, or presiding ^aofficers growing out of, or appointed of or from among those who are ordained to the several offices in these two priesthoods. TG Delegation of Responsibility.
c	HEB tent of meeting.