It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. 2 Machabees 12:48
Trivia: After God killed Korah, his companions, their families, and 250 incense burners, the people complained saying, "ye have killed the people of the Lord." So God sent a plague on the people. How many people died in the plague?
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