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All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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The Common Fate of Dust
All commentators agree that this verse states a profound physical truth: all living creatures, both human and animal, share the same origin and end. Our bodies are formed from the dust of the earth and, upon death, return to it. This shared mortality is presented as a great equalizer.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That great anomaly in the moral government of this world—the seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments—will be rectified by God, wh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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