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Numbers 11:29

Numbers 11:29

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Enviest thou for my sake? In this answer speaks for once "the meekest of men." It was his sad fate that his position as representative of God obliged him to see repressed with terrible visitations any rebellion against his sole and absolute authority.

But he was devoid of personal ambition at all times, and at this time weary and disgusted with the responsibility of ruling such a people. How much more for the glory of God, and for his own peace, would it be if not only these, but all the people, shared the gifts of the Spirit!

, presents a partial, but still a striking, parallel.

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