OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 23:3

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Abraham rose up from before his dead and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

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Verse 3. Obsequies, or solemn mourning, accompanied with prayer. Acts 8:2. Matthew 12. The Jews are still accustomed to say, when they bury their dead, “Ye fathers, who sleep in Hebron, open to him the gates of Eden;” herein agreeing with the Catholic doctrine, as they did in the days of Judas the Machabee. Bible.

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