28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his [a]young men answered and said, My lord Moses, [b]forbid them.

29 But Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lord’s people were Prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them.

30 And Moses returned into the host, he and the Elders of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:28 Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth.
  2. Numbers 11:28 Such blind zeal was in the Apostles, Mark 9:38; Luke 9:44.

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