Numbers 11:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Moses said to him,“Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:5 : 5 I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • Phil 1:15-18 : 15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. 16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment. 18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
  • Jas 3:14-15 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”
  • Luke 10:2 : 2 He said to them,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 Paul replied,“I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
  • 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,
  • 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 11:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27And a young man ran and told Moses,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

    28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!”

  • Num 27:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

    16“Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

    17who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the LORD may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

    18The LORD replied to Moses,“Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

  • Ps 106:16
    73%

    16In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the LORD’s holy priest.

  • Num 11:30
    72%

    30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

  • Exod 32:11
    72%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

  • Deut 34:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9The Epitaph of Moses Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses.

    10No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.

  • Num 14:13
    71%

    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • Num 25:10
    70%

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2They said,“Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?” And the LORD heard it.

    3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

  • Num 14:11
    70%

    11The Punishment from God The LORD said to Moses,“How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

  • Exod 17:4
    70%

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”

  • Exod 4:14
    69%

    14Then the LORD became angry with Moses, and he said,“What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

  • Num 11:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Moses’ Complaint to the Lord Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased.

    11And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

  • Exod 33:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

    12Moses said to the LORD,“See, you have been saying to me,‘Bring this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said,‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.’

  • Num 14:39
    69%

    39When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

  • Num 20:3
    69%

    3The people contended with Moses, saying,“If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

  • Num 11:23-25
    3 verses
    69%

    23And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”

    24So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle.

    25And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

  • Num 11:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”

    16The Response of God The LORD said to Moses,“Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you.

    17Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the Spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself.

  • Lev 24:13
    68%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 34:16
    68%

    16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:

  • Deut 31:14
    68%

    14The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

  • Num 14:2
    68%

    2And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them,“If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness!

  • Num 27:22
    68%

    22So Moses did as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.

  • Exod 5:22
    68%

    22The Assurance of Deliverance Moses returned to the LORD, and said,“Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?

  • Acts 7:37
    68%

    37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

  • Acts 7:31
    68%

    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Exod 16:11
    68%

    11and the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 4:1
    68%

    1The Source of Sufficiency Moses answered again,“And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say,‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?”

  • Num 14:26
    68%

    26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 14:5
    68%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

  • Exod 18:15
    67%

    15Moses said to his father-in-law,“Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

  • Num 14:41
    67%

    41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!

  • Num 16:44
    67%

    44The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 20:7
    67%

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:1
    67%

    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 16:3
    67%

    3And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them,“You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the LORD.

  • Exod 32:29
    67%

    29Moses said,“You have been consecrated today for the LORD, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”