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Moses went out of the tabernacle, into which he entered to receive God’s answers from the mercy-seat, Num_7:89.
The seventy men, either they are called seventy from the stated number, though two of them were lacking, Num_11:26, as the apostles are called the twelve, Mat_26:20, when one of that number was absent; or he is said to have gathered them, when he gave command to gather them.
Round about the tabernacle; partly, that the awe of God might be imprinted upon their hearts, that they might more seriously undertake and more faithfully manage their high employment; partly, to gain them the more authority and respect from the people; and principally, because that was the place where God manifested himself, and gave his blessings, and therefore there he would bestow his Spirit upon them.