30 Bible Verses about Burying places

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Deuteronomy 34:6

And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor. But no man knows of his grave to this day.

John 19:41

And in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one yet had been placed.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah reigned in his place.

1 Kings 13:31

And it happened after he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

Genesis 23:19

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave at the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

2 Kings 9:28

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

Ezekiel 39:11

And it will be in that day I will give to Gog a place there, a grave in Israel, the valley of those who pass by, east of the sea. And it shall stop the noses of those who pass by. And there they shall bury Gog and all his multitude. And they shall call it, The Valley of the Multitude of Gog.

Jeremiah 7:32

So, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, until there is no place.

Hosea 9:6

For lo, they have left because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess the desirable things of their silver; thorns shall be in their tents.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for the burying.

2 Samuel 3:32

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.

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body shall not remain all night on the tree. But you shall surely bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God), so that your land may not be defiled, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.

Jeremiah 19:11

and shall say to them, So says Jehovah of Hosts, Even so I will break this people of this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury them in Tophet until there is no place left to bury.

Numbers 11:34

And he called the name of that place Graves of Lust, because there they buried the people that lusted.

Genesis 23:6

Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choice of our burying places. None of us shall withhold from you his burying-place from burying your dead.

Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is in the end of his field. For as much silver as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burying-place among you.

Matthew 27:53

and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Matthew 27:33

And coming to a place called Golgotha, which is called, Place of a Skull,

Joshua 24:30

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

Luke 23:33

And when they came to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified Him and the criminals there, one on the right, and one on the left.

John 19:17

And bearing His cross, He went out to a place called, The Place of a Skull (which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha)

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Burial » Burying places » Closed with stones

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

Matthew 27:66

And going they made the tomb secure, sealing the stone along with the guard.

John 11:38

Then Jesus, groaning in Himself again, came to the tomb. And it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

John 20:1

The first of the sabbaths Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, darkness still being on it, and she saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

Burial » Burying places » Family

Genesis 49:29

And he charged them and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 47:30

But I will lie with my fathers. You shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do according to your words.

Acts 7:16

and were carried over into Shechem. And they were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Emmor the father of Shechem.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In gardens

2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah reigned in his place.

John 19:41

And in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one yet had been placed.

Burial » Burying places » Anyone who touched, were unclean

Isaiah 65:4

a people who remain among the graves, and sleep in the tombs, who eat swine's flesh, and broth from hateful things in their vessels;

Numbers 19:16

And whoever touches one that is killed 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.

Numbers 19:18

And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one killed, or one dead, or a grave.

Burial » Burying places » On hills

Joshua 24:33

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

2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned, he spied the tombs which were there in the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the Word of Jehovah which the man of God had proclaimed, who spoke these words.

Burial » Burying places » A place of honor

2 Chronicles 21:20

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:16

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.

2 Chronicles 24:25

And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

Burial » Burying places » Of kings

2 Chronicles 32:33

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest of the tombs of the sons of David. And all Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

Burial » Burying places » For poor and strangers

Jeremiah 26:23

And they brought Urijah out of Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and threw his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In houses

1 Samuel 25:1

And Samuel died. And all the Israelites were gathered, and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Kings 2:34

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him and killed him. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

Burial » Burying places » Painted and garnished

Matthew 23:27

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:29

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

Burial » Burying places » Bought by abraham

Genesis 25:9

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,

Burial » Burying places » And inscriptions

2 Kings 23:17

And he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.

Burial » Burying places » With shelves

Isaiah 14:15

Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the Pit.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Asa

2 Chronicles 16:14

And they buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers art. And they made a very great burning for him.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » King saul's

1 Samuel 31:13

And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they fasted seven days.

Burial » Burying places » Marked with pillars, rachel's

Genesis 35:20

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. That is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » Joseph

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

Burial » Burying places » In valleys

Jeremiah 7:32

So, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, until there is no place.

Burial » Burying places » Sealed

Matthew 27:66

And going they made the tomb secure, sealing the stone along with the guard.

Burial » Burying places » Refused to the dead

Revelation 11:9

And many of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three days and a half, and they will not allow their dead bodies to be put in tombs.

Burial » Burying places » Demoniacs lived in

Matthew 8:28

And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one might pass by that way.

Burial » Burying places » Prepared by » jacob

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die. You shall bury me in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please, let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.

Burial » Burying places » Robbed

Jeremiah 8:1

At that time, says Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem, out of their graves.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In caves

Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is in the end of his field. For as much silver as it is worth he shall give it to me for a possession of a burying-place among you.

Burial » Burying places » Tombs » Under trees, deborah's

Genesis 35:8

But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel, under an oak. And the name of it was called Oak of Weeping.

Burying places » Sepulchres

2 Chronicles 16:14

And they buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers art. And they made a very great burning for him.

Deuteronomy 34:6

And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor. But no man knows of his grave to this day.

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

Genesis 23:6

Hear us, my lord. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choice of our burying places. None of us shall withhold from you his burying-place from burying your dead.

2 Kings 9:28

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

Burying places » Attachment to the burial places of the fathers

Genesis 49:29

And he charged them and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.

Nehemiah 2:3

And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?

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