Some people in the OT had the Spirit in them

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There were some examples of OT people who had the Spirit on the person:

• The Spirit CLOTHED Gideon
• The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul.

I am interested in any OT person who might have the Spirit in him and not just on him. E.g,, Pharaoh thought Joseph was one, Genesis 41:

38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in [בו] whom is the Spirit of God?”

Joshua was another, Numbers 27:

18 So the LORD said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in [בו] whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

The Hebrew proposition is בו:

בּוֹ • (bo)
Form of בְּ־‎ (b-) including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as an object.

Berean Standard Bible, Ezekiel 2:

2 And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

entered me
וַתָּ֧בֹא (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

Again, Ezekiel 3:

24 Then the Spirit entered [H935] me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Ezekiel prophesied an even deeper presence of the Spirit within a person in 11:

19a I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them.

within them
בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֑ם (bə·qir·bə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

Strong's Hebrew: 7130. קֶ֫רֶב (qereb) — 227 Occurrences

Brown-Driver-Briggs:

1.a. inward part of human body,
f. of a number of person, ׳כְּק in the midst, among, ׳מִקּ from among: especially (1) people (96 t.; 80 t. as singular collective,

2. of inward part of man
a. as seat of thought and emotion
b. as faculty of thought and emotion 3 technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals

David longed for this deeper presence in Psalm 51:

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within [H7130] me.

This was fulfilled in the NT when the Spirit/Paraclete dwells in a person permanently but only after Jesus' death on the cross.

There are three levels of the presence of the Spirit:

1. On: the Spirit comes on a person to empower him bodily.
2. In: the Spirit enters a person for a deeper influence.
3. Within: after the cross, the Spirit dwells in a person's human spirit, working with him from the inside out.

 

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Some people in the OT had the Spirit in them
There were some examples of OT people who had the Spirit on the person:

You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Neh 9:20
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, Psalm 25:5

As it is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. John 6:45
The Spirit of Christ who was in them testified of the sufferings of Christ [Isa 53:7] and the glories that would follow; 1 Peter 1:11

So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Ps 63:2
That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones; Ps 106:5
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; and has set apart those He called, His chosen ones. Zeph 1:7
Know this: The Lord has set apart the faithful for Himself; Ps 4:2-3
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. Hab 2:13-14