OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 6:10

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“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention the LORD’s name.’

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Verse 10. Burn. After the captivity, it was more common to bury or to embalm the dead. Calmet.

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