11 Bible Verses about embalming
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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,read more.
"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days."
The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
The Dead » Embalming
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Embalming » How performed by the jews
Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Embalming » Of jesus
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Embalming » Time required for
Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Embalming » Not always practised by the jews
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days."
Embalming » Of jacob
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Embalming » Of asa
They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
Embalming » Of joseph
So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
