SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:22
Y ellos se echaron sobre sus rostros, y dijeron: Dios, Dios de los espíritus de toda carne, ¿no es un varón el que pecó? ¿Y te airarás contra toda la congregación?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 16:22
Verse 22. O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh] yhla la rb lkl tjwrh El Elohey haruchoth lechol basar. This address sufficiently proves that these holy men believed that man is a being compounded of flesh and spirit, and that these principles are perfectly distinct. Either the materiality of the human soul is a human fable, or, if it be a true doctrine, these men did not pray under the influence of the Divine Spirit. In chap. xxvii. 16 there is a similar form of expression: Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh. And in Job xii. 10: In whose hand is the soul ( pn nephesh) of all living; and the spirit ( jwr ruach) of all flesh of man. Are not these decisive proofs that the Old Testament teaches that there is an immortal spirit in man? "But does not jwr ruach signify wind or breath?" Sometimes it does, but certainly not here; for how absurd would it be to say, O God, the God of the breaths of all flesh!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. And they fell upon their faces , etc.] That is, Moses and Aaron, in order to deprecate the wrath of God, and beseech him to avert the threatened judgment; and so the Targum of Jonathan has it, “they bowed themselves in prayer upon their faces;” and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh ; the Maker of all men, as of their bodies, which are flesh, so of their souls or spirits, which are immaterial and immortal; hence he is called “the Father of spirits”, ( Hebrews 12:9), who, as the Targum, puts the spirit in the bodies of men; or, as others, who knows the spirits of men; their thoughts, as Jarchi, the inward frames and dispositions of their minds; who knows who have sinned, and who not; and whether their sins proceed from weakness, and being misled, or whether from a malevolent disposition, presumption, and self-will: shall one man sin : meaning Korah, who was the ringleader: and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation ? who, through ignorance and weakness, and by artifice and imposition, are drawn in to join with him; the plea is much the same with that of Abraham, ( Genesis 18:25).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-22 - The same glory of the Lord that appeared to place Aaron in his offic at first, Le 9:23, now appeared to confirm him in it; and to confoun those who set up against him. Nothing is more terrible to those who ar conscious of guilt, than the appearance of the Divine glory. See ho dangerous it is to have fellowship with sinners, and to partake with them. Though the people had treacherously deserted them, yet Moses an Aaron approved themselves faithful shepherds of Israel. If others fai in their duty to us, that does not take away the obligations we ar under to seek their welfare. Their prayer was a pleading prayer, and i proved a prevailing one.
Original Hebrew
ויפלו 5307 על 5921 פניהם 6440 ויאמרו 559 אל 410 אלהי 430 הרוחת 7307 לכל 3605 בשׂר 1320 האישׁ 376 אחד 259 יחטא 2398 ועל 5921 כל 3605 העדה 5712 תקצף׃ 7107
