Numbers 11:29
And Moses saith to him, 'Art thou zealous for me? O that all Jehovah's people were prophets! that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30And Moses is gathered unto the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Cross References
Joel 2:27And ye have known that in the midst of Israel [am] I, And I [am] Jehovah your God, and there is none else, And not ashamed are My people to the age.
Matthew 9:37then saith he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;
Acts 26:29and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.'
1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one glory in men, for all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 14:5and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
Philippians 2:3nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent 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 →