 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!  Sermons... - Page 218by Samuel Clarke - 1744Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...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... | |
 | Oxford (Ohio) - 1839 - 438 pages
...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."... | |
 | Church history - 1839 - 868 pages
...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... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Lewis - Christian life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | John Ortberg, Mindy Caliguire, Judson Poling - Religion - 2003 - 166 pages
...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... | |
 | Reid Barbour - Philosophy - 2003 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | Jeffery Donaldson, Alan Mendelson - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 420 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer - Religion - 2004 - 228 pages
...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... | |
 | Quency Gardner - Religion - 2004 - 326 pages
...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... | |
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