"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath (neshamah, pnoe) of
life; and man became a living soul" (Gen. 2:7). [God put the
"spirit" into Adam's nose.]
"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the
earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath (ruach,
pneuma) of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the
earth shall die" (Gen. 6:17). [Animals have the "spirit" in
them too.]
"And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath (ruach, pneuma) of
life" (Gen. 7:15). [Animals have the "spirit" in them too.]
"All in whose nostrils was the breath (neshamah, pnoe)
of life, of all that was in the dry land, died" (Gen. 7:22).
[The "spirit" lives in the nose.]
"And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage (ruach, pneuma)
in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven
above, and in earth beneath" (Josh. 2:11). [Their
"spirits" were all gone, but they were still alive.]
"And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which
were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the
waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were
passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit (ruach)
in them any more, because of the children of Israel" (Josh. 5:1).
[Their "spirits" were all gone, but they were still alive.]
"God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger
(ruach, pneuma) was abated toward him, when he had said
that" (Judg. 8:3). [Their "spirit" weakened or relaxed
towards him.]
"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom,
and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their
apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the
house of the LORD; there was no more spirit (ruach) in
her" (1 Kings 10:4, 5). [Her "spirit" totally left,
yet she was still alive.]
"There was no more spirit (ruach) in her"
(2 Chr. 9:4). [Her "spirit" totally left, yet she was
still alive.]
"All the while my breath (neshamah, pnoe) is in
me, and the spirit (ruach, pneuma) of God is in my
nostrils" (Job 27:3). [The "spirit" lives in the nose.]
"The Spirit (neshamah, pnoe) of God hath made
me, and the breath (ruach, pneuma) of the Almighty hath
given me life" (Job 33:4). [God's "spirit" gives us
life.]
"If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit
(ruach, pneuma) and his breath (neshamah); all
flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust"
(Job 34:14, 15). [Man cannot live without his
"spirit."]
"Into thine hand I commit my spirit (ruach,
pneuma): thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth" (Ps.
31:5). [After being redeemed, the psalmist asks God to take care of his
spirit for him.]
"So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping
innumerable, both small and great beasts. . . . Thou
hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath
(ruach, pneuma), they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest
forth thy spirit (ruach, pneuma), they are created: and
thou renewest the face of the earth" (Ps. 104:25, 29, 30). [They don't get their own "spirit" back again
when they are recreated. Instead, it's God's spirit that enters into
them.]
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help. His breath (ruach, pneuma) goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish"
(Ps. 146:3, 4). [When the "spirit" leaves, the person can no
longer think.]
"For that which befalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so
dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath (ruach, pneuma);
so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All
go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who
knoweth the spirit (ruach, pneuma) of man that goeth
upward, and the spirit (ruach, pneuma) of the beast that
goeth downward to the earth" (Eccl. 3:19-21). [There is no
difference between the "spirit" of animals and the
"spirit" of people.]
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it
was: and the spirit (ruach, pneuma) shall return unto God
who gave it" (Eccl. 12:7). [The "spirits" of all, both
good and bad, go back to God.]
"Cease ye from man, whose breath (neshamah)
is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of" (Isa.
2:22). [The "spirit" lives in the nose.]
"The breath (ruach, pneuma) of
our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom
we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen" (Lam.
4:20). [The "spirit" belongs to our nose.]
"Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones;
Behold, I will cause breath (ruach, pneuma) to enter into
you, and ye shall live: and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring
up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath (ruach,
pneuma) in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD" (Ezek. 37:5, 6). [One thing these bones absolutely had to
have before they could live again was a "spirit."]
"And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh
came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath
(ruach, pneuma) in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind
(ruach, pneuma), prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind
(ruach, pneuma), Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds
(ruach, pneuma), O breath (ruach), and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded
me, and the breath (ruach, pneuma) came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army"
(Ezek. 37:8-10. [You can have a perfect human body, but if it doesn't have a
"spirit," it won't be alive. This "spirit" that
gives life to the body is the same thing as the wind.]
"And shall put my spirit (ruach,
pneuma) in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own
land" (Ezek. 37:14). [If God puts His
"spirit" in us, we will live.]
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