Arcana Coelestia #2948
2948. 'Bury your dead' means that they may emerge from night and be raised up again. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as rising again, or what amounts to the same, being raised up again, and from the meaning of 'one who is dead' as night as regards goods and truths of faith, dealt with above in 2917, 2923, 2925, 2931, where the same words occur.
Arcana Coelestia #2931
2931. 'To let me bury my dead from before me' means that they wished to emerge from night and rise again. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as rising again, and of 'one who is dead' as night as regards the goods and truths of faith, dealt with above in 2923, 2925, where the same words occur.