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Thematic Bible: Burial


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Genesis 47:29-31
The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, 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." Jacob said, "Swear to me that you will do so." So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.

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. Verse ConceptsAffection, Kinds OfLove, And The WorldNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of MachpelahMen's OrdersGathered To One's Peoplegrandfathers

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." Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

2 Samuel 19:37
Let me return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you." Verse ConceptsHomeLove, And The WorldTombsResigned To DeathAnother's Burial Place

1 Kings 2:10
Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfBurials, Places OfSleep, And DeathBuried In The City Of DavidDadsDeath Of A Father

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. Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

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.

Genesis 50:7
So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh's officials went with him -- the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt, Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

Genesis 50:9
Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage. Verse ConceptsChariotsDealing With Many People

2 Samuel 3:31
David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Luke 7:12
As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her. Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

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. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

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.'" Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

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. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

Jeremiah 22:19
He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.'" Verse ConceptsOutside The CityInadequate BurialsNo Burials

Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it. Verse ConceptsChildren, responsibilities to parentsRavensMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRespect, For Human BeingsRidicule, Nature OfBirds, Types Of BirdsChildren, UngratefulCrowsEaglesEyes HarmedNot Honouring ParentsFunMotherhoodRespecting ParentsParents Being Wrong

2 Kings 9:10
Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'" Then he opened the door and ran away. Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesNo Burialsjezebel

Jeremiah 16:4
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

Ezekiel 39:15
When the scouts survey the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it in the valley of Hamon-Gog. Verse ConceptsBones

2 Samuel 2:32
They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn. Verse ConceptsDawnTombsWalking All NightAnother's Burial Place

Genesis 25:10
This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 49:31
There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah. Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of Machpelahsarah

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. Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

Joshua 8:29
He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

John 19:38-42
After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. read more.
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. And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there.

Acts 5:9-10
Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!" At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

2 Kings 9:10
Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'" Then he opened the door and ran away. Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesNo Burialsjezebel

Jeremiah 16:4
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

Jeremiah 8:2
They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligiondirtAstrologyMoonStarsDefecationBonesNo BurialsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonGod Judging Star WorshippersThe Moon

Genesis 50:10-11
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father. When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

2 Samuel 3:31-32
David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner's grave and all the people wept too.

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. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

Jeremiah 34:5
You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, saying, "Poor, poor master!" Indeed, you have my own word on this. I, the Lord, affirm it!'" Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

1 Kings 11:15
During David's campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. Verse ConceptsThe DeadExterminationDeath Of All Males

Ezekiel 39:11-14
"'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. For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord. read more.
They will designate men to scout continually through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

2 Samuel 3:35
Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, "God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!" Verse ConceptsPersuasionPromises, HumanTasteSunsetsVowing To Fast

Jeremiah 16:7-8
No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother. "'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

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. Verse ConceptsThe AccursedGallowsHangingHumiliationKillingPollutionsOvernightThe Curse Of The LawPeople Hung To DeathBurying places

John 19:31
Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down. Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed

Genesis 35:8
(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.) Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death

1 Samuel 31:13
They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfSevenWeeksCemeterySeven DaysTamariskFasting In Mourning

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. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticulturePalacesSleep, And DeathTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or Judah

2 Kings 21:26
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king. Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or JudahBurying places

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. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

Matthew 27:66
So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

John 11:38
Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.) Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

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. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

Genesis 50:5-6
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.'" So Pharaoh said, "Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do."

Genesis 50:8
all Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

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. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesGrave, TheTombsCemeterySeven DaysTouching Unclean ThingsRules About CorpsesSeven Days For Legal Purposesnatural Death

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. Verse ConceptsSprinkling Water

Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomembalmingHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeSabbath, In NtThe First Day Of The WeekSabbath Observed

Luke 23:56
Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment

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. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

Isaiah 22:16
What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeightToolsWorldly Ambition Examples

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. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

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. Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

1 Kings 2:34
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

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. Verse ConceptsTombsWord Of GodBonesBurning Idolatrous Things

Isaiah 22:16
What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeightToolsWorldly Ambition Examples

Colossians 2:12
Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofBeing Born AgainGod, Power OfPower, HumanSacramentsNew Birth, Described AsPower Of God, ShownFigurative BurialsBaptised Into ChristBelief In GodOur ResurrectionBurying placesBaptismWorking For GodRosesJesus DeathWorking For The Lordenergyassertivenessefficiency

Romans 6:4
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofeternal life, nature ofBeing Born AgainGod, The CreatorNewnessSalvation, Nature OfChristian, The WalkGlory Of GodSpiritual Life, Described ByNew Birth, Described AsNew LifeLife With ChristFigurative BurialsGod Raising ChristThe FatherMeaning Of The Risen LifeBaptizing InfantsThe ResurrectionDeath ofBaptismDeath Of A FatherJesus Deathrebirth

Colossians 2:12
Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofBeing Born AgainGod, Power OfPower, HumanSacramentsNew Birth, Described AsPower Of God, ShownFigurative BurialsBaptised Into ChristBelief In GodOur ResurrectionBurying placesBaptismWorking For GodRosesJesus DeathWorking For The Lordenergyassertivenessefficiency

Romans 6:4
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofeternal life, nature ofBeing Born AgainGod, The CreatorNewnessSalvation, Nature OfChristian, The WalkGlory Of GodSpiritual Life, Described ByNew Birth, Described AsNew LifeLife With ChristFigurative BurialsGod Raising ChristThe FatherMeaning Of The Risen LifeBaptizing InfantsThe ResurrectionDeath ofBaptismDeath Of A FatherJesus Deathrebirth

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?" Verse ConceptsGatesArchaeologyCitizens, Christian DutiesDestruction Of JerusalemCity GatesBurning Jerusalem

Nehemiah 2:5
and said to the king, "If the king is so inclined and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it." Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldTravelRebuilding JerusalemThe Will Of MenFavorExamples Of Patriotismrebuilding

John 11:38
Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.) Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

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. Verse ConceptsTombsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying placessarah

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. Verse ConceptsAffection, Kinds OfLove, And The WorldNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of MachpelahMen's OrdersGathered To One's Peoplegrandfathers

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." Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsCarrying Dead BodiesThe Cave Of MachpelahGathered To One's People

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. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

2 Samuel 3:31
David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Luke 7:14
Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" Verse ConceptsDead bodiesFuneralsBurials, FeaturesTouchCessationStopping StillPreparation For BurialTouching Unclean ThingsGet Up!

John 19:38
After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body

Judges 16:31
His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years. Verse ConceptsTombsCemetery20 To 30 YearsJudging Israel

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. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticulturePalacesSleep, And DeathTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or Judah

2 Kings 21:26
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king. Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheTombsCemeteryKings Of All Israel Or JudahBurying places

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. Verse ConceptsHorticultureTombsUnusedGardensBurying placesThe CrossJesus Deathcrucifixion

John 11:44
The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, "Unwrap him and let him go." Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

John 19:40
Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. Verse ConceptsThe DeadHerbs And SpicesLinenTraditionsPreparation For Burial

John 11:17
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already. Verse ConceptsFour Or Five Dayslazarus

John 11:39
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days." Verse ConceptsDead bodiesCorruption Of BodyembalmingdoubtersSmellsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFour Or Five Dayslazarus

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. Verse ConceptsBrothSecrecySwineAbstaining From MeatsOvernightActing In SecretUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean AnimalsCaves Used As GravesHolier Than ThouEating Meatporkpot

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. Verse ConceptsDead bodiesGrave, TheTombsCemeterySeven DaysTouching Unclean ThingsRules About CorpsesSeven Days For Legal Purposesnatural Death

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. Verse ConceptsSprinkling Water

Luke 7:13
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep." Verse ConceptsCompassionAfflicted SaintsCompassion, Of ChristHeart, DivineKindnessReceptivenessJesus Christ, Love OfDo Not MournMothersDeath Of A MotherFeeling Lostempathyheartbrokenpity

Mark 15:47
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed. Verse ConceptsWomenWatching Christ

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. Verse ConceptsTombsWord Of GodBonesBurning Idolatrous Things

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. Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

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. Verse ConceptsTombs

1 Kings 2:10
Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfBurials, Places OfSleep, And DeathBuried In The City Of DavidDadsDeath Of A Father

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. Verse ConceptsTombs

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. Verse ConceptsCemeteryInadequate Burials

Matthew 27:7
After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

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. Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

1 Kings 2:34
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

2 Samuel 3:31
David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Luke 7:14
Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" Verse ConceptsDead bodiesFuneralsBurials, FeaturesTouchCessationStopping StillPreparation For BurialTouching Unclean ThingsGet Up!

Jeremiah 9:17-18
The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!" I said, "Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.

Matthew 23:27-29
"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. In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 6:3
Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!" 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

2 Samuel 3:33-34
The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool? Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals." All the people wept over him again.

Genesis 23:7-16
Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth. Then he said to them, "If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar 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." read more.
(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city -- "No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead." Abraham bowed before the local people and said to Ephron in their hearing, "Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there." Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, "Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead." So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

1 Samuel 31:12
all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul's corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. Verse ConceptsThe DeadWalking All NightBurning PeopleCorpses Of Other People

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. Verse ConceptsCemeteryInadequate Burials

Jeremiah 22:19
He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.'" Verse ConceptsOutside The CityInadequate BurialsNo Burials

Genesis 50:3-4
They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

Genesis 4:9-10
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?" But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 23:3-4
Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth, "I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

John 19:39-40
Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.

Matthew 26:12
When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

Isaiah 65:3-4
These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars. They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

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." Verse ConceptsBurial Of Unnamed People

Genesis 35:20
Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day. Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This Day

Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100embalmingBurials, FeaturesPreparation For BurialAge At DeathDeath ApproachingImmigrants

Matthew 27:7
After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

Ezekiel 39:12-13
For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord.

2 Samuel 2:5
So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, "May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him. Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutKindnessMay God Bless!

Genesis 49:29-30
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. It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

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. Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

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. Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

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. Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

Joshua 7:26
Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the Lord's anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day. Verse ConceptsCairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

Luke 7:12-13
As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep."

John 11:31
Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there. Verse ConceptsMourningComfort, Of FriendsSpeedPeople Following PeoplePeople Getting UpMourning The Death Of Others

Luke 11:44
Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!" Verse ConceptsFigurative BurialsNot Knowing WherePeople Being Polluted

1 Kings 14:13
All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. Verse ConceptsNo BurialsOnly One PersonMourning The Death Of Others

Genesis 50:5-9
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.'" So Pharaoh said, "Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do." So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh's officials went with him -- the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt, read more.
all Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage.

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." Verse ConceptsBurial Of Unnamed People

Isaiah 14:15
But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit. Verse ConceptsPitsSheolGoing Down To The PitAbasing PeoplePits As A Term For Graves

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. Verse ConceptsThe DeadSweet OdoursFuneralsCremationHerbs And SpicesOintmentPerfumeTombsCemeterySepulchresCampfires

1 Samuel 31:13
They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfSevenWeeksCemeterySeven DaysTamariskFasting In Mourning

Acts 9:37
At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms

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." Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

2 Samuel 3:31
David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Genesis 35:20
Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day. Verse ConceptsObelisksPlaces To This 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. Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

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. Verse ConceptsInadequate BurialsKilling Will HappenNo RoomBurying places

Matthew 27:66
So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

Jeremiah 34:5
You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, saying, "Poor, poor master!" Indeed, you have my own word on this. I, the Lord, affirm it!'" Verse ConceptsFuneralsCremationCeremoniesDeath Of The WickedMourning The Death Of Others

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. Verse ConceptsLanguagesNo BurialsAll Languages

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. Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

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.'" Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

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. Verse ConceptsBones

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." Verse ConceptsCavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

Genesis 35:8
(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.) Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death

Acts 8:2
Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. Verse ConceptsThe DeadDevout MenBereavement, Experience OfMourningSorrowCharacter Of SaintsLamentingMen WorshippingMourning The Death Of OthersBurying places

Matthew 27:59-60
Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 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.

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