16, 17. the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders — ( Exodus 3:16 ; Exodus 5:6 ; Exodus 24:9 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Exodus 18:24 ; Leviticus 4:15 ). An order of seventy was to be created, either by a selection from the existing staff of elders or by the appointment of new ones, empowered to assist him by their collective wisdom and experience in the onerous cares of government. The Jewish writers say that this was the origin of the Sanhedrin, or supreme appellate court of their nation. But there is every reason to believe that it was only a temporary expedient, adopted to meet a trying exigency. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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