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民数記 27:16
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the Lord: Yehowah elohey haroochoth lechol basar, "Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh." This address sufficiently proves, that this holy man believed man to be compounded of flesh and spirit, and that these principles are perfectly distinct. Either the materiality of the soul is a human fable, or, if it be a true doctrine, Moses did not pray under the influence of the Divine Spirit. There is a similar form of expression in Numbers 16:22 : "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh;" and in Job 12:10, "In whose hand is the soul (nephesh) of all living; and the spirit (rooach) of all flesh of man." These seem decisive proofs, among many others, that the Old Testament teaches that there is an immortal spirit in man; for though rooach sometimes denotes breath or wind, yet it certainly has not that signification here, nor in the other passages cited.
the God: Numbers 16:22, Hebrews 12:9
set a man: Deuteronomy 31:14, 1 Samuel 12:13, 1 Kings 5:5, Jeremiah 3:15, Jeremiah 23:4, Jeremiah 23:5, Ezekiel 34:11-16, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Matthew 9:38, John 10:11, Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:2-4
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:7 - a living Genesis 49:24 - the shepherd Numbers 20:28 - put them Joshua 1:2 - arise 1 Samuel 18:13 - he went out 2 Kings 2:9 - Ask what Ecclesiastes 12:7 - God Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit Jeremiah 32:27 - God Jeremiah 38:16 - that made Ezekiel 18:4 - all souls Hosea 13:1 - exalted Zechariah 4:6 - Not Acts 1:24 - Lord Acts 9:28 - coming Acts 17:25 - seeing 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God 2 Timothy 2:7 - and
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,.... The Maker of the souls of men, called the spirits of all flesh, or of corporeal beings, to distinguish them from the angels, who, though spirits, are incorporeal; and who knows the different qualities of the souls of men, their powers, and capacities, and fitness for service, what gifts and talents they have for business; and who can bestow such upon them, which will quality them for it:
set a man over the congregation: meaning in his room and stead.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The God of the spirits of all flesh - An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compare Genesis 6:3), is of himself helpless; and “lives and moves and has his being” in God Acts 17:28. The words are suitably employed here to introduce an entreaty that God would not leave the congregation without a guide and leader, and in Numbers 16:22 as a preface to an intercession that the whole people should not suffer for the sin of a, few.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 27:16. The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh — Numbers 16:22.