Numbers 27:16
Lord <03068> [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 ch. 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.
God <0430> [the God.]
Let ............ appoint ... man <06485 0376> [set a man.]
Job 12:10
hand <03027> [whose hand.]
life <05315> [soul. or, life. the breath.]
<0376> [mankind. Heb. flesh of man.]
Ecclesiastes 12:7
dust <06083> [dust.]
breath <07307> [the spirit.]
God <0430> [God.]
Isaiah 57:16
hostile <07378> [I will not.]
breath <05397> [the souls.]
Zechariah 12:1
revelation <04853> [Cir. A.M. 3504. B.C. 500. burden.]
Israel <03478> [for.]
stretches <05186> [which.]
forms <03335> [formeth.]
Hebrews 12:9
fathers ................ Father <3962> [fathers.]
discipline <3810> [corrected.]
we respected <1788> [we gave.]
shall we not submit <5293 3756> [shall we not.]
fathers ................ Father <3962> [the Father.]
