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Numbers 11:29

Numbers 11:29
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Moses said unto him, enviest thou for my sake?.... Lest his authority should be weakened, and his honour lessened, because they began not to prophesy in his presence, and at the tabernacle, and among…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 11:4-35

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Num 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 11:24-30

We have here the performance of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel.

I. Here is the case of the seventy privy-counsellors in general. Moses, though a little…