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591 B
591 B
Who will descend into the abyss
Moses uses a question to teach his audience. His previous instruction of, "Do not say" requires a negative answer to this question. You can translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: "No person can go down and enter the place where the spirits of dead persons are" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
from the dead
From among all those who have died. This expression describes all dead people together in the underworld. To be brought up from among them is to become alive again.
dead
This word speaks of physical death.