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ASHES TO ASHES AND DUST TO DUST, THOU ARE DUST, TO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN
ASHES TO ASHES AND DUST TO DUST, THOU ARE DUST, TO DUST THOU SHALT RETURN
ScnMaster
reference
to a
phrase
used in certain burial
services
to
denote
total finality. Based upon biblical texts such as "dust
thou art
, and
unto
dust
thou shalt
return
," from the book of
Genesis
and "I will bring
thee
to ashes upon the Earth in the
sight
of all them that
behold
thee
," from the book of Ezekiel.
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SHSBC
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