Prophets and Prophetesses

• Numbers 11:11-17, 25-29. Seventy prophets associated with Moses, but none did his work.BHB 134.15

• Numbers 12:1-12; Exodus 15:20. Miriam, a prophetess, was not allowed to criticize Moses.BHB 134.16

• 1 Kings 18:13. There were one hundred prophets in Elijah’s day; none but Elijah dared meet Ahab. Prophets and Kings, 147.BHB 134.17

• 2 Kings 9:1-10. A young prophet helped Elisha, but he did not take Elisha’s place.BHB 135.1

• 1 Chronicles 21:9; 29:29; 25:1-5. David had ten or more prophets, but David led the people.BHB 135.2

• Luke 2:36-38. Anna, the prophetess, is mentioned only once.BHB 135.3

• Acts 11:27-30; 21:10-13. Agabus gave personal local testimonies, but the burden of all the churches did not rest upon him.BHB 135.4

• Acts 13:1-4. There were prophets at Antioch, but their work was local.BHB 135.5

• 1 Corinthians 14:29-33. Corinthian prophets failed to recognize order among prophets.BHB 135.6

• 1 Corinthians 14:36, 37. They were to recognize Paul as a leading prophet.BHB 135.7

While God may reveal Himself to many, there is only one leading prophet at any one period of time upon whom God places the burden of directing His church.BHB 135.8