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]])
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]])
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