Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 11:29 in context
Numbers 11:26–32
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But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
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A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
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Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
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Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
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Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
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