Numbers 11:27-29
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
27 And a young man ran to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying [sounding forth the praises of God and declaring His will] in the camp.
28 Joshua son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, My lord Moses, forbid them!
29 But Moses said to him, Are you [a]envious or jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!(A)
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- Numbers 11:29 “Moses, the minister of God, rebukes our partial love,/ Who envy at the gifts bestow’d on those we disapprove./ We do not our own spirit know, who wish to see suppressed,/ The men that Jesus’ spirit show, the men whom God hath blest” (Charles Wesley).
Numbers 11:27-29
King James Version
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 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!
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