I did not say that Lazaros was not dead but rather suggested that surely you must have read that he slept. The only place you could have read this is John 11 so why should you ask me if I have read it when I pointed you to it? The fact that Eleazar slept is the first thing Yeshua says to the disciples but because of their unbelief he was forced to tell them what was meant plainly as you have now noted.
This disputing over the Body of Moshe occurs all throughout the wilderness journey, into the promise land, and through out the O/T-Tanak until the advent of Messiah. The mind of the flesh says "the soma is my body of the flesh which I love; therefore the soma-body of Moshe is his body of the flesh which had to be kept for resurrection purposes" (apparently this mindset does not believe a resurrection is possible without a "preserved" carcass). The the mind of him walking in the Spirit says "perhaps that soma of Moshe is somehow related to the soma-body of Messiah of which we are all members".
Jude 1:8-10 KJV
8. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Zechariah 3:1-5 KJV
1. And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
2. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5. And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
Joshua 5:13-15 KJV
13. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14. And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host [Sar-tsaba' YHWH, Re: Dan. 8:11, Dan. 8:25] of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
15. And the captain of the Lord's host [Sar- tsaba' YHWH] said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Old Covenant Saints ~ Body of Moshe - First High Priest under the Law, (Joshua was the next).
New Covenant Saints ~ Body of Moshiya` Yeshua - High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.