Numbers 11:30

²⁹But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”³⁰Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.

Summary

This verse recounts the story of Moses and how he was joined by Eldad and Medad, who were prophesying in the camp. Despite Joshua's initial concern, Moses responded with humility and a desire for all God's people to prophesy. This event highlights God's sovereignty in choosing whom He will use for His purposes, regardless of human expectations. It also underscores the importance of unity and inclusivity in the community of believers, recognizing that God's Spirit can work through various individuals for His glory.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And Moses got him into the camp,.... From the door of the tabernacle, where he had been settling the elders in their office, and now betook himself to the camp of Israel, perhaps to look more particularly into the affair of Eldad and Medad, and settle that, and put them among the elders; for they were of them that were written, whose names were put down for elders in the paper Moses had written for that purpose, and in the summons that were given; or more generally to do public business, to exercise rule and government, with this new assistance granted him, as follows: he and the elders of Israel; he went in company with them, to impart to them the honour and glory they were to share with him in the government, as Aben Ezra observes; or they went together, to observe what would be done for the people, according to the promise of the Lord, to give them flesh; who had made good his word to Moses, by taking of his Spirit and putting it on seventy men for his assistance; the other remained to be done, and was done as follows.