Numbers 11:29
But he said: Why hast thou emulation for me? O that all the people might prophesy, and that the Lord would give them his spirit!
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30And Moses returned, with the ancients of Israel, into the camp.
Cross References
Joel 2:27And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: and I am the Lord your God, and there is none besides: and my people shall not be confounded for ever.
Matthew 9:37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
Acts 26:29And Paul said: I would to God, that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me, this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands.
1 Corinthians 3:21Let no man therefore glory in men.
1 Corinthians 14:5And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let each esteem others better than themselves:
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 →