16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me yseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and zofficers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will acome down and talk with thee there: and bI will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear cthe burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, dSanctify 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? efor it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a †whole month, funtil 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, gWhy came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And Moses said, hThe 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. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to isuffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to isuffice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Moses, kIs the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether lmy word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and mgathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord ncame down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and ntook 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. 26 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 owent not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And pJoshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one qof his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, rforbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? swould God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 And there went forth a twind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, †as it were a day’s journey on this side, and †as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten uhomers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And while the xflesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.