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-# the living ... the dead
+# the living
 
-This refers to people who are alive and people who are dead. Alternate translation: "who are alive ... those who are dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
+This refers to people who are alive. Alternate translation: "who are alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
 
 # just as a living dog is better than a dead lion