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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. 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. 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)