26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(A)
    like sheaves gathered in season.(B)

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Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years.(A) Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age,(B) an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.(C) His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him(D) in the cave of Machpelah(E) near Mamre,(F) in the field of Ephron(G) son of Zohar the Hittite,(H)

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28 Now I will gather you to your ancestors,(A) and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place and on those who live here.’”(B)

So they took her answer back to the king.

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13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people,(A) as your brother Aaron(B) was,

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36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep;(A) he was buried with his ancestors(B) and his body decayed.

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13 “As for you, go your way till the end.(A) You will rest,(B) and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.(C)

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.(A)

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28 He died(A) at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.(B)

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10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.(A)

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The Death of Jacob

29 Then he gave them these instructions:(A) “I am about to be gathered to my people.(B) Bury me with my fathers(C) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,(D)

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24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people.(A) He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command(B) at the waters of Meribah.(C)

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29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people,(A) old and full of years.(B) And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.(C)

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32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]?(A) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6

A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn(A) child is better off than he.(B)

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37 Consider the blameless,(A) observe the upright;(B)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity

The Levites

23 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon(A) king over Israel.(B)

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13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(A) near Mamre,(B) which Abraham had bought along with the field(C) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(D)

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31 There Abraham(A) and his wife Sarah(B) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah(C) were buried, and there I buried Leah.(D)

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19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah(A) near Mamre (which is at Hebron(B)) in the land of Canaan.(C)

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“I am a foreigner and stranger(A) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(B)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(D) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(E) Therefore God is not ashamed(F) to be called their God,(G) for he has prepared a city(H) for them.

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57 The righteous perish,(A)
    and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.(C)
Those who walk uprightly(D)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(E) as they lie in death.

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The Certainty of God’s Promise

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,(A) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[a](B) 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.(C)

16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.(D) 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging(E) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,(F) he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(G) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(H) set before us may be greatly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 6:14 Gen. 22:17

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