Numbers 16:22

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Summary

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?

The god

One man sin

General references

Genesis 17:3

Numbers 14:5

Bible References

The god

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.

The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

One man sin

And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

General references

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.