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"Aaron is not going to enter the land which I promised to give to Israel; he is going to die, because the two of you rebelled against my command at Meribah.

After you have seen it, you will die, as your brother Aaron did,

That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the LORD and what he had done for Israel.

Like wheat that ripens till harvest time, you will live to a ripe old age.

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.

and the punishment which I am going to bring on Jerusalem will not come until after your death. I will let you die in peace." The men returned to King Josiah with this message.

Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants,

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.

"And you, Daniel, be faithful to the end. Then you will die, but you will rise to receive your reward at the end of time."

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the living, not of the dead."

When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.

Abraham was patient, and so he received what God had promised.

To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.

We have this hope as an anchor for our lives. It is safe and sure, and goes through the curtain of the heavenly temple into the inner sanctuary.

It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.

They did not keep thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they would have had the chance to return.

"I am a foreigner living here among you; sell me some land, so that I can bury my wife."

Then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in that cave in the land of Canaan.

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His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in Machpelah Cave, in the field east of Mamre that had belonged to Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

and died at a ripe old age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Then Jacob commanded his sons, "Now that I am going to join my people in death, bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

That is where they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; that is where they buried Isaac and his wife Rebecca; and that is where I buried Leah.

they carried his body to Canaan and buried it in the cave at Machpelah east of Mamre in the field which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial ground.

We may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long we live, if we do not get our share of happiness and do not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.

"At that time the bones of the kings and of the officials of Judah, as well as the bones of the priests, of the prophets, and of the other people who lived in Jerusalem, will be taken out of their graves.

Instead of being gathered and buried, their bones will be like manure lying on the ground. They will be spread out before the sun, the moon, and the stars, which these people have loved and served, and which they have consulted and worshiped.

Abraham died at the ripe old age of 175.

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When David was very old, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.

He died at a ripe old age, wealthy and respected, and his son Solomon succeeded him as king.

Like wheat that ripens till harvest time, you will live to a ripe old age.

And then he died at a very great age.