5 dwell and the dead might be guarded. Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead. (2BA)
2 Baruch 23:5
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Job 30:22–24
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Job 14:11–13
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