Numbers 11:29
And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
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30Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.
Cross References
Joel 2:27And you will be certain that I am in Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other: and my people will never be shamed.
Matthew 9:37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.
Acts 26:29And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.
1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 14:5Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.
Philippians 2:3Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
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 →