25. And the lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.
26. Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp.
27. A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
28. Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”