Thematic Bible: Burial of


Thematic Bible



(The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place.


and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheMoses, Life OfSepulchresAnonymityPlaces To This DayBurying places

For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he struck down every male in Edom Verse ConceptsThe DeadExterminationDeath Of All Males


And they buried him in his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurying places

So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. Verse ConceptsSpringInvasions

And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus. Verse ConceptsDisciples Of John The BaptistCorpses Of Other PeopleTelling What People Did

Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, 'I am about to die: in my tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me.' Now therefore, let me please go up and bury my father. Then I will return." And Pharaoh answered, "Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear." read more.
So Joseph went up to bury his father. With him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company. When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place.


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