Numbers 11:26

But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.

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In The King James Version

But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

In Context

25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and had talk with him, and put on the seventy men some of the spirit which was on him: now when the spirit came to rest on them, they were like prophets, but only at that time.

27And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:13And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

1 Samuel 20:26But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

Jeremiah 36:5And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

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 →

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