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 by Ezekiel, at the time of the exile (chap. xxxvii.). These passages, however, are not very clear in their intimations." Certainly not; the first and only passage in the Old Testament which is considered to bear on the point, is cited from Daniel: "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." But a little reflection will show that the prophet is not treating of the general resurrection of the body. His phrase, many of, plainly excepts some. How, then, can it be employed to uphold a doctrine which demands the resurrection of all? The exceptions which are implied plainly show that the material resurrection is not the subject of his teachings.