Num 11:16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
There was a typo in your post; it's in verse 16. It was in existence off and on until the middle of the 4th century AD, so if anyone wants to claim that the origin was in the Numbers passage, they surely have the right to do so.
Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
California
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