Thematic Bible: Frequently prepared and pointed out during life
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And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.
My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.
And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.