| 1835 - 1176 pages
...and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? .Would hom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the...What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said. And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the... | |
| 1835 - 140 pages
...told him, and begged him to forbid them. Moses answered him, " Envieat thou for my sake"? Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." This shows the disinterested love which Moses had for the Israelites, and is another proof of the humility... | |
| James Ellice - Future life - 1835 - 230 pages
...j "either beareth the suckling child in his bosom1, — who, in his lowly meekness exclaimed, would God, that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them*; who, prayed, in love strong as death towards them, yet now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin, and if... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 608 pages
...deadly nature. Do you remember to have read Moses' rebuke of Joshua : " 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." Do you not see that envy deprives you of that sweet feeling which rejoices in the honour of another,... | |
| Bible - 1836 - 710 pages
...and said, My lora Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would chizedeh blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithe:...of the spoil, his partners having had their porti mm into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 ^f And there went forth a "wind from the LORD, and... | |
| Luke Howard - 1836 - 408 pages
...dust, as far as regards distinctions and degrees among men — he 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 ! ver. 28, 29. It is plain, even by the words of Moses, that Eldad and Medad, though on the roll as... | |
| Joseph Thorpe Milner - 1836 - 256 pages
...accounted them " fellow-helpers to the truth," and often adopted the language of one of old—" Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." He was, however, devotedly attached to the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. He believed the doctrines... | |
| Ebenezer Henderson - Bible - 1836 - 594 pages
...exhibition, as continued in the camp by Eldad and Medad, Moses disinterestedly exclaimed, " Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!" (Num. xi. 29.) In this sense Miriam is called a prophetess, because she was inspired to lead the female... | |
| Dorothy Anne Thrupp - 1837 - 316 pages
...rest on me ; On my heart Thine image trace ; Raise, me to behold Thy face. : I . SEVENTH DAY. " WOULD GOD THAT ALL THE LORD'S PEOPLE WERE PROPHETS, AND THAT THE LORD WOULD PUT His SPIRIT UPON THEM." — Num. xi. 29. All the Lord's people are not called to be prophets ; but all are called, in their... | |
| rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 pages
...circumscribe their labours. Rather may we say, in the admirable spirit here exhibited by Moses, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them:" the Lord add unto their number, how many soever they be, an hundred fold, and that our eyes may see... | |
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