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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses&#8217 aide since youth, spoke up and said, &#8220Moses, my lord, stop them!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, stop them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, <i>one</i> of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, <i>one</i> of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, forbid them!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua the son of Nun, the personal servant of Moses from his youth, responded and said, “My lord Moses, restrain them!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, &#8220Moses, my lord, restrain them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, answered and said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, stop them!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, “Moses, my lord, stop them! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, &#8220Moses, my lord, stop them!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Joshua was there helping Moses, as he had done since he was young. And he said to Moses, "Sir, you must stop them!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So Joshua, son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant ever since he was a young man, spoke up and said, "Stop them, sir!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses, "Stop them, sir!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In response, Nun's son Joshua, Moses' attendant and one of his choice men, exclaimed, "My master Moses! Stop them!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, ?Moses, my lord, stop them!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, "My lord Moses, forbid them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord, Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, [one] of his young men, answers and says, “My lord Moses, restrain them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, one of his young men, answereth and saith, 'My lord Moses, restrain them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua, son of Nun, serving Moses from his chosen, will answer and say, My lord Moses, restrain them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Forthwith Josue the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and chosen out of many, said: My lord Moses forbid them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Promptly, Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses and chosen from many, said: “My lord Moses, prohibit them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses’ aide, said, “My lord, Moses, stop them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, “My lord Moses, stop them!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, who had ministered to Moses from his youth, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Husha Bar Nun the Servant of Moshe from his childhood answered and said to him: “My Lord Moshe, forbid them.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Joshua the son of Naue, who attended on Moses, the chosen one, said, <i>My</i> lord Moses, forbid them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/11-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3792" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Seventy Elders Anointed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bin- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/5126.htm" title="5126: nūn (N-proper-ms) -- Father of Joshua. Or Nown; from nuwn; perpetuity, Nun or Non, the father of Joshua.">of Nun,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: mə·šā·rêṯ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">the attendant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">to Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/979.htm" title="979: mib·bə·ḥu·rāw (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Youth. Or bchuwrowth; feminine plural of bachuwr; also bchuriym; youth.">since youth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">spoke up</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">“Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">my lord,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3607.htm" title="3607: kə·lā·’êm (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- To shut up, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to restrict, by act or word.">stop them!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>But 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!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-13.htm">Exodus 24:13</a></span><br />So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/34-9.htm">Deuteronomy 34:9</a></span><br />Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-1.htm">Joshua 1:1</a></span><br />Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a></span><br />Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/3-1.htm">1 Samuel 3:1</a></span><br />And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">1 Kings 19:19-21</a></span><br />So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. / So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” / So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-3.htm">2 Kings 2:3-5</a></span><br />Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.” / And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. / Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">2 Kings 2:15</a></span><br />When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-25.htm">1 Chronicles 17:25</a></span><br />For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a></span><br />Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6-7</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” / But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-19.htm">Matthew 4:19-20</a></span><br />“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” / And at once they left their nets and followed Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm">Matthew 20:26-28</a></span><br />It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— / just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-43.htm">Mark 10:43-45</a></span><br />But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. / For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-54.htm">Luke 9:54-55</a></span><br />When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” / But Jesus turned and rebuked them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.</p><p class="hdg">Joshua</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.</p><p class="hdg">My Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/9-38.htm">Mark 9:38,39</a></b></br> And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/9-49.htm">Luke 9:49,50</a></b></br> And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/3-26.htm">John 3:26</a></b></br> And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all <i>men</i> come to him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/24-13.htm">Aide</a> <a href="/exodus/24-13.htm">Attendant</a> <a href="/numbers/11-12.htm">Child</a> <a href="/numbers/1-16.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-12.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/genesis/26-18.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/numbers/11-2.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/numbers/10-13.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/11-27.htm">Young</a> <a href="/numbers/11-27.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/1-1.htm">Aide</a> <a href="/joshua/1-1.htm">Attendant</a> <a href="/numbers/31-17.htm">Child</a> <a href="/numbers/16-2.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-13.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/numbers/12-8.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/numbers/12-14.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/numbers/16-50.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/numbers/16-48.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/15-8.htm">Young</a> <a href="/numbers/30-3.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">The people crave meat, and loathe manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Moses complains of his charge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">and to give the people meat for a month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Moses' faith is staggered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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He is from the tribe of Ephraim and is first introduced in <a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Exodus 17:9</a> as a military leader. Joshua's role as Moses' successor is foreshadowed here, as he later leads the Israelites into the Promised Land. His name, meaning "Yahweh is salvation," is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek name Jesus, making him a type of Christ as a deliverer of God's people.<p><b>the attendant to Moses since youth</b><br>Joshua served as Moses' assistant from a young age, indicating a long-standing relationship and trust between them. This role is crucial as it prepares Joshua for leadership. His service to Moses is a model of discipleship and mentorship, reflecting the importance of learning from godly leaders. This relationship is reminiscent of Elisha's service to Elijah, highlighting the biblical principle of succession in leadership.<p><b>spoke up and said</b><br>Joshua's willingness to speak up demonstrates his zeal and protective nature towards Moses and the established order. It shows his concern for maintaining the authority and sanctity of Moses' leadership. This moment is a learning experience for Joshua, as it reveals his initial misunderstanding of God's broader plan for His people.<p><b>“Moses, my lord,</b><br>By addressing Moses as "my lord," Joshua shows respect and acknowledges Moses' authority. This title reflects the hierarchical structure within the Israelite community, where Moses is seen as God's appointed leader. It also underscores the deep respect and loyalty Joshua has for Moses, which is essential for his future role as leader.<p><b>stop them!”</b><br>Joshua's reaction to Eldad and Medad prophesying in the camp reflects a concern for maintaining order and authority. He perceives their actions as a potential threat to Moses' leadership. However, Moses' response in the following verses teaches a lesson in humility and the expansive nature of God's Spirit. This incident parallels the New Testament account in <a href="/mark/9-38.htm">Mark 9:38-40</a>, where Jesus teaches His disciples about the inclusivity of God's work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua_son_of_nun.htm">Joshua son of Nun</a></b><br>Joshua is a key figure in the Old Testament, known for his role as Moses' assistant and later as the leader who would bring the Israelites into the Promised Land. His loyalty and dedication to Moses are evident in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The central leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. Moses is a prophet and mediator between God and the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tent_of_meeting.htm">The Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>This is the place where Moses would meet with God, and where the Spirit of God would descend. It is a significant location for divine encounters and revelations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_seventy_elders.htm">The Seventy Elders</a></b><br>Earlier in <a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Numbers 11</a>, God instructs Moses to gather seventy elders to help bear the burden of leadership. The Spirit of God rests upon them, enabling them to prophesy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/eldad_and_medad.htm">Eldad and Medad</a></b><br>Two of the seventy elders who remained in the camp and prophesied, causing Joshua's concern. Their prophesying outside the Tent of Meeting was unusual and prompted Joshua's reaction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/loyalty_and_zeal.htm">Loyalty and Zeal</a></b><br>Joshua's reaction demonstrates his loyalty to Moses and his zeal for maintaining order. While his intentions were good, it is important to discern God's broader work beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_leadership.htm">God's Sovereignty in Leadership</a></b><br>The incident with Eldad and Medad shows that God can choose to work through unexpected people and situations. We should remain open to God's sovereign choices in leadership and ministry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The Spirit's empowerment of the seventy elders, including Eldad and Medad, illustrates that God's Spirit is not confined to specific locations or people. This challenges us to recognize and affirm the Spirit's work in diverse contexts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_leadership.htm">Humility in Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' response to Joshua's concern (not quoted here) reflects humility and a desire for all of God's people to be filled with His Spirit. Leaders should cultivate a spirit of humility and encouragement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouraging_others'_gifts.htm">Encouraging Others' Gifts</a></b><br>We should encourage and support the spiritual gifts and callings of others, even when they manifest in unexpected ways. This fosters a community where God's work is celebrated.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_main_theme_of_numbers.htm">What is the main theme of the Book of Numbers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_eldad_and_medad_in_the_bible.htm">Who were Eldad and Medad in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_moses'_despair_consistent_with_his_faith.htm">Numbers 11:14-15 describes Moses' despair; how consistent is this with the idea of Moses as a faith-driven leader elsewhere in the Torah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_spies_visit_rahab_in_jericho.htm">Why did spies visit Rahab in Jericho?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">My lord Moses, forbid them.--</span>The motive which prompted Joshua in making this request appears to have been similar to that which led St. John to forbid the man to cast out devils who did not follow with the Apostles (<a href="/context/mark/9-38.htm" title="And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name, and he follows not us: and we forbade him, because he follows not us.">Mark 9:38-39</a>; <a href="/context/luke/9-49.htm" title="And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us.">Luke 9:49-50</a>). But as the man did not cast out devils in his own name, but in that of Christ, so in this case Eldad and Medad prophesied in virtue of the spirit which rested upon them from above, of which the Holy Ghost, not Moses, was the giver. The motives which deterred Eldad and Medad from going to the tent of meeting are unknown. The history teaches the freeness and the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit's influences, as afterwards did that of Cornelius, when the Holy Ghost fell upon him and upon those who were with him, previously to the reception of baptism, and they spoke with tongues and magnified God (<a href="/context/acts/10-44.htm" title="While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.">Acts 10:44-48</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Joshua the son of Nun.</span> See on Exodus 17:9. As before, he is called Joshua by anticipation. <span class="cmt_word">One of his young men.</span> This implies that there were others who to some extent shared his duties towards Moses; but that Joshua stood in a peculiar relation to his master is evident from <a href="/exodus/24-13.htm">Exodus 24:13</a> and Exodus 32:17, as well as from this passage itself. My lord Moses, forbid them. Probably he did not know that they had been enrolled, and he was naturally jealous for the honour of Moses - a jealousy which was not at all unnecessary, as the events of the next chapter proved. The prophesying of Eldad and Medad in the camp might well seem like the setting up of an independent authority, not in harmony with that of Moses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/11-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Joshua</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּן־</span> <span class="translit">(bin-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Nun,</span><br /><span class="heb">נ֗וּן</span> <span class="translit">(nūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5126.htm">Strong's 5126: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nun -- father of Joshua</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the attendant</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשָׁרֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šā·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> </span><span class="str2">To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since youth,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּחֻרָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·ḥu·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_979.htm">Strong's 979: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spoke up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֜עַן</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאמַ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Moses,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my lord,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sovereign, controller</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stop them!”</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלָאֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lā·’êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3607.htm">Strong's 3607: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, restrain, withhold</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/11-28.htm">Numbers 11:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/11-28.htm">OT Law: Numbers 11:28 Joshua the son of Nun the minister (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/11-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 11:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/11-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 11:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>