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46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Dead (Genesis 23:8) signifies night in respect to the goodness and truth of faith.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 2031)