14 Bible Verses about Dead bodies
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he went and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa. David had the bones brought from there. They gathered up the bones of Saul’s family who had been hung and buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan at Zela in the land of Benjamin in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king commanded. After this, God answered prayer for the land.
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day and said to him, “We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites?” Moses replied to them, “Wait here until I hear what the Lord commands for you.” read more.
Then the Lord spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the Lord.
Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
But when the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).
Then it came out, shrieking and convulsing him violently. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He’s dead.” But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.
Then He came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And He said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!”
“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.
Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying. It’s been four days.”
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dead Bodies » Jewish laws concerning
you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse.
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.
He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.
But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day.
dead Bodies » Burial of
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan
He buried him
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth.
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives,
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.
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Carrying Dead Bodies
2 Corinthians 4:10We always carry the death of Jesus
