Numbers 11:27
What does Numbers 11:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 11:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, `Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when they prophesied in the camp, there ran a young man, and told Moses, saying: Eldad and Medad prophesy in the camp.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And there ran a youth, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
Context
v.26But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
v.27This passage
v.28And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
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