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Spirithis people, saying, Where is hethat brought them up out of thesea with the shepherds of hisflock? Where is he that put hisholy spirit in the midst of them?that caused his glorious arm togo at the right hand of Moses?that divided the waters beforethem, to make himself an everlastingname?"Judg. 11 :29, 33 "Then the spiritof Jehovah came upon Jephthah,and he passed over Gilead andManasseh, and passed overunto the children of Ammon . Ai;d Andhe smote them . . . with a verygreat slaughter ."Inspiration (Lit ., "breathing upon").Visible manifestationswhere servants of God havebeen moved by invisible activeforce to write, speak or performon behalf of God (pertaining tomatters then current, not future)Ex . 31 :3 "And I have filled himwith the spirit of God, in wisdom,and in understanding, and inknowledge, and in all manner ofworkmanship . -I Chron. 28 :11, 12 "Then Davidgave to Solomon his son thepattern of the porch of thetemple, and of the houses thereof,and of the treasuries thereof,and of the upper rooms thereof,and of the inner chambers thereof,and of the place of the mercyseat; and the pattern of all thathe had by the spirit ."2 Ki . 2 :14-16 "And he took themantle of Elijah that fell fromhim, and smote the waters, andsaid, Where is Jehovah, the Godof Eli jah? and when he also hadsmitten the waters, they were dividedhither and thither ; andElisha went over. And when thesons of the prophets that wereat Jericho over against him sawhim, they said . The spirit ofElijah doth rest on Elisha ."Isa. 11 :2 "And the spirit ofJehovah shall rest upon him, thespirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and362might, the spirit of knowledgeand of the fear of Jehovah ."Luke 1 :41, 42 "Well, as Elizabethheard the greeting of Mary,the infant in her womb leaped,and Elizabeth was filled withholy spirit, and she called outloudly and said : `Blessed are youamong women, and blessed is thefruit of your womb!'"Neh . 9 :20 "Thou gayest also thygood spirit to instruct them, andwithheldest not thy manna fromtheir mouth, and gayest themwater for their thirst ."Prophesying. Visible manifestationwhere future events areforetold by men moved by God'sinvisible active forceNum . 11 :25, 26 "And Jehovahcame down in the cloud, andspake unto him, and took ofthe spirit that was upon him,and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that,when the spirit rested upon them,they prophesied, but they did sono more. But there remained twomen in the camp . . . . and thespirit rested upon them ; andthey were of them that werewritten, but had not gone outunto the Tent ; and they prophesiedin the camp ."Neh. 9 :30 "Yet many yearsdidst thou bear with them, andtestifiedst against them by thyspirit through the prophets : yetwould they not give ear : thereforegayest thou them into thehand of the peoples of the lands."Luke 1 :67 "And echariah itsfather was filled with holy spirit,and he prophesied, saying ."Ezek . 11 :5 "And the spirit ofJehovah fell upon me, and hesaid unto me, Speak, Thus saithJehovah ."Acts 1 :16 "Men, brothers, itwas necessary for the scripture tobe fulfilled which the holy spiritspoke beforehand by David'smouth about Judas ."Acts 2 :16, 17 "This is whatwas said through the prophetJoel, `And in the last days,' God