24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. ^bAnd he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. 25 Then ^cthe Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.

26 Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they ^dhad not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 28 And ^eJoshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, ^fstop them.” 29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? ^gWould that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” 30 And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.