Numbers 11:29 · KJV
“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!”
— Numbers 11:29
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, {one} of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Numbers 11 — Context
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, {one} of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29And 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!
30And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31And 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}
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater {is} he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
James 4:5
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? {to envy: or, enviously?}
James 5:9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. {Grudge not: or, Groan, or, Grieve not}
Luke 10:2
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly {is} great, but the labourers {are} few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 9:37-38
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly {is} plenteous, but the labourers {are} few;
Philippians 1:15-18
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Philippians 2:3
{Let} nothing {be done} through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
James 3:14-15
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.