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Numbers 11:26 Cross-References

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But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

Numbers 11:26 (KJV)

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Eldadremained in the camp and prophesied (NUM 11:26)
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Medadremained in the camp and prophesied (NUM 11:26)

Commentary on Numbers 11:26

The situation 'But there remained two of the men in the camp' introduces an irregularity: Eldad and Medad (Hebrew אֶלְדָּד, Eldad—'God has loved'; מֵידָד, Medad—meaning uncertain, possibly 'beloved') didn't go to the tabernacle with the other sixty-eight. The text explains 'they were of them that were written'—officially registered among the seventy—'but went not out unto the tabernacle.' Their absence might indicate humility (not presuming to go forward), illness, or providential hindrance. The text doesn't explain their absence but focuses on God's sovereign action despite it.The remarkable ...

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