...answered and said, My lord Aloses, 29 forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? as he loved his own soul. 18 Then 30 upon them ! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 And there went forth...

...How often with Moses and Whitefield, (who frequently used these words,) do I feel inclined to say, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! " When in better times the Lord gave the word, " great was the company of those that published it."...

...similarly endowed ; and when it was proposed to restrain them, Mose» said, " 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." Num. xi. 24-29. The bestowal of this gift on the seventy, showed that it was mainly designed for the...

...judge a man by his desires, says the preacher ; and his desire is that ol Moses, Num. x. 1 — 2. " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. ' The world, he opines, would have assumed a goodlier aspect, had this wish been fulfilled : il would...

...them as the best token of God's blessing on his own ministry ; and will be ready to say, "Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Finally, the members of a christian church owe to the world around them, 3. ^4. cheerful assistance...

...Joshua says, "Moses, my lord, stop them!" Moses, says, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all of the LORD'S people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!" The humility of Moses shows through, and we can almost hear him say, "I really don't want...

...religious society. This wider distribution of charisma is supported by Moses's exclamation, 'I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would confer his spirit on them all' (Num. 11: 29-30, NEB, 151). This conferral might simply lead to people...

...of the seventy authorized to prophesy at Mount Sinai but upon whom the 'spirit rested' nonetheless: 'would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them' (Numbers 11:26-9; cf. Erdman, 96). 37 If we look in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of...

...answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 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! (Num. 1 1:24-29) Joshua had another lesson to learn, and a very serious one: God's glory is to come...

...is a Scriptural example, which expresses the heart felt yearning of God towards our worship of Him. "Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets...and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!" Joshua came running to Moses with the news that two men were within the camp prophesying. In Joshua's...