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and the dust returns to the earth from which it came
    and the spirit returns to God[a] who gave it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7 The dust returns to the earth . . . and the spirit returns to God: the part of human beings that is earthly (dust) returns to earth, but the part that comes from God (spirit) returns to God who gave it—which foreshadows the continuation of life with God.