Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 16:22

22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh , shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

(i. e.) Of souls, as the word spirit in Scripture is oft used, as Psal. 31. 5. and 77. 3. Prov. 17. 22. Eccl. 12. 7. Luk. 23. 46. Act. 7. 59. And this is no empty title here, but very emphatical and argumentative, thus, Thou art the maker of spirits, Zach. 12. 1. destroy not thy own workmanship, Isa. 64. 8. O thou who art the preserver of men, and of their spirits: the Lord of spirits, Iob 12. 10. who as thou maist justly destroy this people, so thou canst preserve whom thou pleasest: the father of spirits, Heb. 12. 9. O deal mercifully with thy own children: the searcher of spirits, thou canst distinguish between those who have maliciously raised this tumult, and those whose ignorance and simple credulity hath made them a prey to crafty seducers.

(i. e.) Of all mankind: the word flesh is oft put for men, as Gen. 6. 13. Iob 12. 10. Isa. 40. 5, 6. Ezek. 20. 48. and 21. 4, 5.

To wit, Korah, the ringleader of this sedition.

Marginal references: chap. 2[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ [illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Job 12. 2[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Eccl. 12. [illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Isa. 57. 1[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Zach. 12. [illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ Heb. 12. [illegible: 1+ letters]