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Numbers 11:25

And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke unto him, and took some 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.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Afterwards. Some give a contrary meaning to the Hebrew, with the Septuagint, Syriac: "They prophesied, (on that occasion) but they did not continue "to do so; except when they were favoured with the influence of the spirit. When it was requisite, they were enabled to declare God's will and his praise to the people. (Calmet) Saul is said to have prophesied when he praised God, 1 Kings x. 5, 10. (Menochius)

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