Numbers 11:29
And Moses said to him, Are thou jealous for my sake? Would that all of LORD's people were prophets, that LORD would put his Spirit upon them!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30And Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Cross References
Joel 2:27And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am LORD your God, and there is none else. And my people shall never be put to shame.
Matthew 9:37Then he says to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workmen are few.
Acts 26:29And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.
1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 14:5Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more that ye may prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the congregation may receive edification.
Philippians 2:3in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:25-31
God Promises the People Flesh; The Case of Eldad and Medad. ( b. c. 1490.) 24 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. 25 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. 26 But there remained two of the men in the… Read the whole commentary →