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Numbers 11:29

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all of Yahweh's people were prophets and that he would put his Spirit on them all!”

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In The King James Version

And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

In Context

28Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his chosen men, said to Moses, “My master Moses, stop them.”

30Then Moses and the elders of Israel went back to the camp.

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Cross References

Joel 2:27You will know that I am among Israel, 1 and that I am Yahweh your God, 1 and there is none else, 1 and I will never bring shame on my people. 1

Matthew 9:37He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Acts 26:29Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether in a short or long time, not you only, but also all that hear me today, would be like me, but without these prison chains.”

1 Corinthians 3:21For this reason, let no one boast in men. All things are yours,

1 Corinthians 14:5Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues. But even more than that, I wish that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues (unless someone interprets so that the church may be built up).

Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfishness or empty conceit. Instead with humility consider others better than 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 →

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