"God descended in a cloud and spoke to Moshe. In the process, the prophetic spirit that dwelt on Moshe emanated on the 70 elders and just as it poured out on them, they began to speak ecstatically, as prophets." [1]

How shall we explain this? It is like a human being lighting one candle from another. It is analogous to someone doing a favor for others, without suffering loss. One benefits but the other does not lose out. [2]

 

The life breath (the soul) of a human is the lamp of God.
With it, God searches all the hidden chambers.
  
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( Proverbs 20:27)

 


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excerpted
[1] Numbers 11:2

[2] Midrash Bemidbar Rabbah 13





 

   
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