Thematic Bible: Burial


Thematic Bible



And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray you, in Egypt: But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, Verse ConceptsAffection, Kinds OfLove, And The WorldNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of MachpelahMen's OrdersGathered To One's Peoplegrandfathers

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here. Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto you. Verse ConceptsHomeLove, And The WorldTombsResigned To DeathAnother's Burial Place


Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without anyone's regret. However they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings. Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. Verse ConceptsChariotsDealing With Many People

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and many people of the city were with her. Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsOutside The CityInadequate BurialsNo Burials


And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesNo Burialsjezebel

They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as refuse upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

And the travelers that pass through the land, when any sees a man's bone, then shall they set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. Verse ConceptsBones

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. Verse ConceptsDawnTombsWalking All NightAnother's Burial Place

The field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of Machpelahsarah

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise on it a great heap of stones, that remains unto this day. Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. read more.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was near at hand.

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them who have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out. Then she fell down immediately at his feet, and died: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesNo Burialsjezebel

They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as refuse upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for refuse upon the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligiondirtAstrologyMoonStarsDefecationBonesNo BurialsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonGod Judging Star WorshippersThe Moon

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very strong lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the threshing floor of Atad, they said, This is a mourning to the Egyptians: therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

But you shall die in peace: and with the ceremonial fires of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament you, saying, Alas lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD. Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom; Verse ConceptsThe DeadExterminationDeath Of All Males

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the travelers on the east of the sea: and it shall block the way of the travelers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord GOD. read more.
And they shall set apart men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the travelers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they make a search.

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, till the sun be down. Verse ConceptsPersuasionPromises, HumanTasteSunsetsVowing To Fast

Neither shall men break bread for those in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbacuth. Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfSevenWeeksCemeterySeven DaysTamariskFasting In Mourning

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticulturePalacesSleep, And DeathTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or JudahBurying places

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a guard. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

The first day of the week came Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and saw the stone taken away from the sepulcher. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear.

And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

And whosoever touches one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesGrave, TheTombsCemeterySeven DaysTouching Unclean ThingsRules About CorpsesSeven Days For Legal Purposesnatural Death

And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: Verse ConceptsSprinkling Water

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomembalmingHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeSabbath, In NtThe First Day Of The WeekSabbath Observed

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment

And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that carves a tomb for himself in a rock? Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeightToolsWorldly Ambition Examples

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented over him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and struck him down, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that belonged to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

And as Josiah turned, he saw the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. Verse ConceptsTombsWord Of GodBonesBurning Idolatrous Things

What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that carves a tomb for himself in a rock? Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeightToolsWorldly Ambition Examples





And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Verse ConceptsGatesArchaeologyCitizens, Christian DutiesDestruction Of JerusalemCity GatesBurning Jerusalem

And I said unto the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may rebuild it. Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldTravelRebuilding JerusalemThe Will Of MenFavorExamples Of Patriotismrebuilding

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying placessarah

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, Verse ConceptsAffection, Kinds OfLove, And The WorldNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of MachpelahMen's OrdersGathered To One's Peoplegrandfathers

But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as you have said. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsCarrying Dead BodiesThe Cave Of MachpelahGathered To One's People

And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And he came and touched the coffin: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto you, Arise. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesFuneralsBurials, FeaturesTouchCessationStopping StillPreparation For BurialTouching Unclean ThingsGet Up!

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body

Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. Verse ConceptsTombsCemetery20 To 30 YearsJudging Israel

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticulturePalacesSleep, And DeathTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or JudahBurying places

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which was never man yet laid. Verse ConceptsHorticultureTombsUnusedGardensBurying placesThe CrossJesus Deathcrucifixion

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Verse ConceptsThe DeadHerbs And SpicesLinenTraditionsPreparation For Burial

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Verse ConceptsFour Or Five Dayslazarus

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesCorruption Of BodyembalmingdoubtersSmellsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFour Or Five Dayslazarus

Who remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Verse ConceptsBrothSecrecySwineAbstaining From MeatsOvernightActing In SecretUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean AnimalsCaves Used As GravesHolier Than ThouEating Meatporkpot

And whosoever touches one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesGrave, TheTombsCemeterySeven DaysTouching Unclean ThingsRules About CorpsesSeven Days For Legal Purposesnatural Death

And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: Verse ConceptsSprinkling Water


And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. Verse ConceptsWomenWatching Christ

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that belonged to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

And as Josiah turned, he saw the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. Verse ConceptsTombsWord Of GodBonesBurning Idolatrous Things

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without anyone's regret. However they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings. Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

And when they were departed from him, (for they left him severely wounded,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of the kings. Verse ConceptsTombs


And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper sepulchers of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. Verse ConceptsTombs

And they brought forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. Verse ConceptsCemeteryInadequate Burials

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented over him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and struck him down, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And he came and touched the coffin: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto you, Arise. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesFuneralsBurials, FeaturesTouchCessationStopping StillPreparation For BurialTouching Unclean ThingsGet Up!

Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skillful women, that they may come: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with water.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whitewashed sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,

If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn birth is better than he. Verse ConceptsUnburied BodiesOne HundredNo BurialsLiving LongMiscarriages And StillbornLack Of A Proper BurialThe More Children The BetterDadsDeath Of A ChildRaising ChildrenLiveBeing A Good FatherDeath Of A FatherHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeHaving A BabyLeaving Parents For Spousefatherhood

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies? Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: as a man falls before wicked men, so fell you. And all the people wept again over him.

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And he spoke with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying place among you. read more.
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I give you, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you: bury your dead. And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he spoke unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchants.

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. Verse ConceptsThe DeadWalking All NightBurning PeopleCorpses Of Other People

And they brought forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. Verse ConceptsCemeteryInadequate Burials

He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsOutside The CityInadequate BurialsNo Burials

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days. And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

A people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon altars of brick; Who remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Then he said, What gravestone is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Beth-el. Verse ConceptsBurial Of Unnamed People

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This Day

So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100embalmingBurials, FeaturesPreparation For BurialAge At DeathDeath ApproachingImmigrants

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord GOD.

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutKindnessMay God Bless!

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession as a burying place.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whitewashed sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous, Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. Verse ConceptsCairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and many people of the city were with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes unto the grave to weep there. Verse ConceptsMourningComfort, Of FriendsSpeedPeople Following PeoplePeople Getting UpMourning The Death Of Others

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are as graves which are not seen, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Verse ConceptsFigurative BurialsNot Knowing WherePeople Being Polluted

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. Verse ConceptsNo BurialsOnly One PersonMourning The Death Of Others

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear. And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, read more.
And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

Then he said, What gravestone is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Beth-el. Verse ConceptsBurial Of Unnamed People

Yet you shall be brought down to sheol, to the sides of the pit. Verse ConceptsPitsSheolGoing Down To The PitAbasing PeoplePits As A Term For Graves

And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfSevenWeeksCemeterySeven DaysTamariskFasting In Mourning

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here. Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the coffin. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This Day

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there is no room. Verse ConceptsInadequate BurialsKilling Will HappenNo RoomBurying places

So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a guard. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

But you shall die in peace: and with the ceremonial fires of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they burn incense for you; and they will lament you, saying, Alas lord! for I have pronounced the word, says the LORD. Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves. Verse ConceptsLanguagesNo BurialsAll Languages

And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

At that time, says the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: Verse ConceptsBones

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying place among you. Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbacuth. Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death


And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.