30 Bible Verses about Burying places

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Deuteronomy 34:6

He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

John 19:41

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

2 Kings 21:26

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.

1 Kings 13:31

After he buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

Genesis 23:19

After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

2 Kings 9:28

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

Ezekiel 39:11

"'On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog.

Jeremiah 7:32

So, watch out!" says the Lord. "The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.

Hosea 9:6

Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure -- thorn bushes will occupy their homes.

Mark 14:8

She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.

2 Samuel 3:32

So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner's grave and all the people wept too.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Jeremiah 19:11

Tell them the Lord who rules over all says, 'I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter's vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.'

Numbers 11:34

So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food.

Genesis 23:6

"Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."

Genesis 23:9

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site."

Matthew 27:53

(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

Matthew 27:33

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull")

Joshua 24:30

They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Luke 23:33

So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

John 19:17

and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha).

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Burial » Burying places » Closed with stones

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Matthew 27:66

So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

John 11:38

Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)

John 20:1

Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

Burial » Burying places » Family

Genesis 49:29

Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 47:30

but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." Joseph said, "I will do as you say."

Acts 7:16

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In gardens

2 Kings 21:18

Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:26

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.

John 19:41

Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.

Burial » Burying places » Anyone who touched, were unclean

Isaiah 65:4

They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

Numbers 19:16

And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:18

Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave.

Burial » Burying places » On hills

Joshua 24:33

Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.

2 Kings 23:16

When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord's announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this.

Burial » Burying places » A place of honor

2 Chronicles 21:20

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal tombs.

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

2 Chronicles 24:25

When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Burial » Burying places » Of kings

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

Burial » Burying places » For poor and strangers

Jeremiah 26:23

and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

Matthew 27:7

After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In houses

1 Samuel 25:1

Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran.

1 Kings 2:34

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

Burial » Burying places » Painted and garnished

Matthew 23:27

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

Matthew 23:29

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Burial » Burying places » Bought by abraham

Genesis 25:9

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

Burial » Burying places » And inscriptions

2 Kings 23:17

He asked, "What is this grave marker I see?" The men from the city replied, "It's the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel."

Burial » Burying places » With shelves

Isaiah 14:15

But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Asa

2 Chronicles 16:14

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » King saul's

1 Samuel 31:13

They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.

Burial » Burying places » Marked with pillars, rachel's

Genesis 35:20

Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Joseph

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Burial » Burying places » In valleys

Jeremiah 7:32

So, watch out!" says the Lord. "The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.

Burial » Burying places » Sealed

Matthew 27:66

So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

Burial » Burying places » Refused to the dead

Revelation 11:9

For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.

Burial » Burying places » Demoniacs lived in

Matthew 8:28

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » jacob

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'"

Burial » Burying places » Robbed

Jeremiah 8:1

The Lord says, "When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In caves

Genesis 23:9

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site."

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » Under trees, deborah's

Genesis 35:8

(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

Burying places » Sepulchres

2 Chronicles 16:14

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

Deuteronomy 34:6

He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Genesis 23:6

"Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead."

2 Kings 9:28

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

Burying places » Attachment to the burial places of the fathers

Genesis 49:29

Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

Genesis 50:25

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, "God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place."

Nehemiah 2:3

I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?"

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