Numbers 11:29
But Moses said unto him, Art, thou, jealous for, me? Oh would that, all the people of Yahweh, were prophets! Yea let Yahweh put his spirit upon them!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then was Moses received back into the camp,—he and the elders of Israel.
Cross References
Joel 2:27So shall ye know that, in the midst of Israel, I am, and that, I, Yahweh, am your God, and none else,—and my people, shall not be abashed, unto times age-abiding.
Matthew 9:37Then, saith he unto his disciples, The harvest, indeed, is great, but, the labourers, few;
Acts 26:29And, Paul, [answered] —I could pray unto God that, both almost and altogether, not only thou but all they who are hearing me this day, might become such,—as even, I, am, excepting these bonds.
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours—
1 Corinthians 14:5Howbeit I wish you all to speak with tongues, but, rather, that ye may prophesy,—moreover, greater, is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues,—unless indeed he translate, that, the assembly, may receive upbuilding.
Philippians 2:3Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain-glory,—but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to 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 →