Genesis 48:21

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free In peace, as you promised,

Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay,

My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

In the one case, mortal men collect tithes; but in the other, one who, it is intimated, lives on.

The old priests too had to be numerous, because death prevented their continuing in office.

for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free In peace, as you promised,

Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay,

My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

for a will is valid only in the case of a person who is dead; it has no force as long as the testator is alive.