SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:26
Y habían quedado en el campamento dos varones, el uno se llamaba Eldad y el otro Medad, sobre los cuales también reposó el espíritu; estaban éstos entre los inscritos, mas no habían salido al tabernáculo; y comenzaron a profetizar en el campamento.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. But there remained two [of the] men in the camp , etc.] Of the seventy who were summoned, that came not out of the camp of Israel to the tabernacle when the rest did: the name of the one [was] Eldad, and the name of the other Medad : who, according to the Targum of Jonathan, were brethren of Moses by his mother’s side; for it says, they were the sons of Elizaphan the son of Parnac, whom Jochebed the daughter of Levi brought forth at the time that Amram her husband dismissed her, and she was married to him before she brought forth Moses; but it is elsewhere said f132 , that Elizaphan married her after the death of Amram; and Eldad and Medad were born unto them: and the Spirit rested upon them ; as it did upon the rest of the seventy that came to the tabernacle; these two had the same gifts of the Spirit bestowed upon them as they had: and they [were] of them that were written ; among the seventy whose names were put down in the summons Moses gave them to attend the tabernacle; for as for the notion of the Jews about schedules and pieces of paper put into an urn to draw lots with, there is no foundation in the text: but went not out unto the tabernacle ; out of the camp to it, when they were summoned to come together; which they declined, as is commonly said, out of modesty, thinking themselves unfit for such an high office; and therefore, as Saul hid himself among the stuff when he was about to be chosen king, so did they, or something like it: the Targum of Jonathan is express for it, which adds, because they hid themselves to flee from government; but the Spirit of God found them out, and filled them with his gifts, and constrained them to prophesy, whereby they were discovered: and they prophesied in the camp ; perhaps in a private manner, it may be in their own houses; which, how it came to be known is after related: what they prophesied of cannot be said; according to the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, and other Jewish writers f133 , they prophesied of the quails, and of the death of Moses, and the succession of Joshua, of Gog and Magog, and their armies, and of their destruction by the Messiah, and of the resurrection of the dead; but these are things not to be depended on.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-30 - We have here the fulfilment of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel. He gave of his Spirit to the sevent elders. They discoursed to the people of the things of God, so that all who heard them might say, that God was with them of a truth. Two of the elders, Eldad and Medad, went not out unto the tabernacle, as the rest being sensible of their own weakness and unworthiness. But the Spiri of God found them in the camp, and there they exercised their gift of praying, preaching, and praising God; they spake as moved by the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God is not confined to the tabernacle, but, lik the wind, blows where He listeth. And they that humble themselves shal be exalted; and those who are most fit for government, are leas ambitious of it. Joshua does not desire that they should be punished but only restrained for the future. This motion he made out of zeal for what he thought to be the unity of the church. He would have the silenced, lest they should occasion a schism, or should rival Moses but Moses was not afraid of any such effects from that Spirit which God had put upon them. Shall we reject those whom Christ has owned, or restrain any from doing good, because they are not in every thing of our mind? Moses wishes all the Lord's people were prophets, that he would put his Spirit upon all of them. Let the testimony of Moses be believed by those who desire to be in power; that government is burden. It is a burden of care and trouble to those who make conscienc of the duty of it; and to those who do not, it will prove a heavie burden in the day of account. Let the example of Moses be followed by those in power; let them not despise the advice and assistance of others, but desire it, and be thankful for it. If all the presen number of the Lord's people were rendered prophets, or ministers, by the Spirit of Christ, though not all agreed in outward matters, ther is work enough for all, in calling sinners to repentance, and faith in our Lord Jesus.
Original Hebrew
וישׁארו 7604 שׁני 8147 אנשׁים 376 במחנה 4264 שׁם 8034 האחד 259 אלדד 419 ושׁם 8034 השׁני 8145 מידד 4312 ותנח 5117 עלהם 5921 הרוח 7307 והמה 1992 בכתבים 3789 ולא 3808 יצאו 3318 האהלה 168 ויתנבאו 5012 במחנה׃ 4264
