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Medad

One of two men — with Eldad — who remained in the camp when the seventy elders gathered at the tent, and yet had the Spirit rest on them so that they prophesied where they were. A young man ran to tell Moses, and Joshua urged him to stop them. Moses answered with the words that anticipate Pentecost: 'Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!'

Role: Elder of Israel
Lived: c. 13th century BC

Where in scripture

Numbers

But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

Numbers 11:26 — Prophesies in the camp

A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

Numbers 11:27

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Numbers 11:26Numbers 11:27

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