remembrances: Job 18:17; Exodus 17:14; Psalms 34:16, Psalms 102:12, Psalms 109:15; Proverbs 10:7; Isaiah 26:14
ashes: Genesis 18:27
to bodies: Job 4:19; Genesis 2:7; 2 Corinthians 5:1
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Job 13:12
Job 13:12
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