10 “Who(A) can count the [a]dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die (B)the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”

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  1. Numbers 23:10 Or dust cloud

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(A)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(B)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(C)

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37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.

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

15 (A)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.

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15 Precious in the sight(A) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(B)

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16 And (A)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

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16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.(A)

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13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying [a]to me, “Write: (A)‘Blessed are the dead (B)who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, (C)“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow (D)them.”

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  1. Revelation 14:13 NU, M omit to me

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord(A) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,(B) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

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Paul’s Valedictory

For (A)I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of (B)my departure is at hand. (C)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me (D)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (E)Judge, will give to me (F)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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For I am already being poured out like a drink offering,(A) and the time for my departure is near.(B) I have fought the good fight,(C) I have finished the race,(D) I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me(E) the crown of righteousness,(F) which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day(G)—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.(H)

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Assurance of the Resurrection

For we know that if (A)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (B)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body

Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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Israel’s Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in (C)their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

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  1. Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil

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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53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and (A)this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: (B)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O(C)[a] Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and (D)the strength of sin is the law. 57 (E)But thanks be to God, who gives us (F)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?

53 For the perishable(A) must clothe itself with the imperishable,(B) and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a](C)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[b](D)

56 The sting of death is sin,(E) and the power of sin is the law.(F) 57 But thanks be to God!(G) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(H)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness,
But (A)the righteous has a refuge in his death.

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32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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31 “All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred—(A)they shall [a]break camp last, with their [b]standards.”

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  1. Numbers 2:31 Lit. set forth last
  2. Numbers 2:31 banners

31 All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last,(A) under their standards.

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24 “All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred—(A)they shall [a]be the third to break camp.

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  1. Numbers 2:24 Lit. set forth third

24 All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim,(A) according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.(B)

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“All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred—(A)these shall [a]break camp first.

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  1. Numbers 2:9 Lit. set forth

All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.(A)

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