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27 So they withdrew from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
Dead (Genesis 23:8) signifies night in respect to the goodness and truth of faith.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 2031)