The Meaning of Numbers 11:27 Explained

Numbers 11:27

KJV: And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

YLT: and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

Darby: And there ran a youth, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.

ASV: And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 11:27?

MEANING: What does Numbers 11:27 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 11:27 mean?

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What is the context of Numbers 11:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

What does Numbers 11:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 11:26-35 - "the Graves Of Lust"

It is delightful to note the proof of the nobility of Moses' nature in the answer he gave to the tidings concerning Eldad and Medad. They might not be of the designated group of elders, and might not have gone out to the Tabernacle, as in Numbers 11:16. They remind us of the unordained and simple disciples of Acts 11:19, etc. But there was no envy in Moses' nature. He would have been only thankful if all had reached a degree of grace even beyond his own attainment.

The quails came. They flew in prodigious flocks, which darkened the air. Exhausted by their long flight, they hovered within three feet of the ground, and so were easily captured. But the passionate haste in eating brought its own terrible nemesis to the Israelites. The story became engraved in the very name given to their halting place, Psalms 106:15. My soul, beware lest thou also be precipitated by thy passionate desires into that gravel Galatians 5:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 11

¹ The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer
⁴ The people crave meat, and loathe manna
¹⁰ Moses complains of his charge
¹⁶ God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders,
¹⁸ and to give the people meat for a month
²¹ Moses' faith is staggered
³¹ Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah

What do the individual words in Numbers 11:27 mean?

And ran a young man and told Moses and said Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp

וַיָּ֣רָץ הַנַּ֔עַר וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֶלְדָּ֣ד וּמֵידָ֔ד מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

וַיָּ֣רָץ	And ran
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רוּץ Sense: to run.
הַנַּ֔עַר	a young man
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
וַיַּגֵּ֥ד	and told
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה	Moses
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מֹשֶׁה Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֶלְדָּ֣ד	Eldad
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶלְדָּד Sense: one of the two elders who prophesied in the Israelite camp.
וּמֵידָ֔ד	and Medad
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מֵידָד Sense: one of the 70 elders to whom was communicated the prophetic power of Moses and who prophesied in the camp of the Israelites in the wilderness.
מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים	are prophesying
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָבָא Sense: to prophesy.
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה	in the camp
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular Root: מַחֲנֶה Sense: encampment, camp.

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