Topic
Seventy
13 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 24:1Nave The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Exodus 24:9Nave The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders
¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
- Numbers 11:16Nave The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders
¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
- Numbers 11:24Nave The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders
¶ And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
- Numbers 11:25Nave The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
- Jeremiah 25:11Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jeremiah 25:12Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
¶ And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 29:10Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
¶ For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
- Daniel 9:2Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:24Nave 70 Weeks in the vision of Daniel
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to…
- Zechariah 1:12Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
- Zechariah 7:5Nave The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
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- Luke 10:1–17 Nave The seventy disciples sent forth by Jesus (though the best Greek mss. have “seventy-two”)
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
sev'-n-ti (shibh`im; hebdomekonta).
See NUMBER.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders Ex 24:1,9; Nu 11:16,24,25
- → The seventy disciples sent forth by Jesus (though the best Greek mss. have “seventy-two”) Lu 10:1-17
- → The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years Jer 25:11,12; 29:10; Da 9:2; Zec 1:12; 7:5
- → See ISRAEL
- → 70 Weeks in the vision of Daniel Da 9:24
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.