King James Version
What Does Numbers 11:29 Mean?
“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!”
Context
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!
30
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. as it were a day's: Heb. as it were the way of a day
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(29) **Enviest thou for my sake?-**Better, *Art thou zealous for me? *or, *Art thou displeased on my account? *(Comp. Numbers 25:13; 1Kings 19:10; 1Kings 19:14.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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