# Yahweh's words

"what Yahweh had said"

# some of the Spirit that was on Moses

The "Spirit" here represents the power that God's Spirit had given to Moses. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Numbers 11:17](./16.md). AT: "some of the power that the Spirit had given to Moses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# put it on the seventy elders

Giving power to the elders is spoken of as putting the Spirit on them. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Numbers 11:17](./16.md). AT: "gave it to the seventy elders" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# When the Spirit rested on them

Having power from the Spirit is spoken of as if the Spirit rested on them. AT: "When they had power from the Spirit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/moses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elder]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]