Teks -- Numbers 27:16 (NET)

27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

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Wesley: Num 27:16 - The Lord of the spirits of all flesh

God of all men: the searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the father and giver and governor of spirits, who canst raise and suit the spirits of men to the highest and hardest works.

JFB: Num 27:16 - God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation

The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author of all the intellectual gifts and moral graces with which men are endowed, and who can raise up qualified persons for the most arduous duties and the most difficult situations.

Clarke: Num 27:16 - The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh

The Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh - See the notes on Num 16:22.

TSK: Num 27:16 - the Lord // the God // set a man

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 Num 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 : Num 16:22; Heb 12:9

set a man : Deu 31:14; 1Sa 12:13; 1Ki 5:5; Jer 3:15, Jer 23:4, Jer 23:5; Eze 34:11-16, Eze 34:23; Eze 37:24; Mat 9:38; Joh 10:11; Act 20:28; 1Pe 5:2-4

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Poole: Num 27:16 - All flesh

All flesh i.e. of all men; the Searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great employment; the Father, and Giver, and Governor of spirits, who canst raise and suit the spirits of men to the highest and hardest works, as thou didst those Num 11:16,17 . See Num 16:22 .

Haydock: Num 27:16 - Flesh

Flesh, who gives life, and penetrates the secrets of hearts, chap. xvi. 22.

Gill: Num 27:16 - Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh // set a man over the congregation

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.