11 Bible Verses about embalming
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And Joseph commanded his slaves, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
Then Nicodemus came also, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds. And they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews to bury.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
And he took it down and wrapped it in linen and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, where no one had ever been placed.
And when the sabbath of the great feast of the passover was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him.
Now upon the first of the sabbaths, very early in the morning they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
And Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years old; these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke unto the sons of Heth, saying,read more.
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that had died, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks, for he has been dead four days.
Then he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and aromas prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
And they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews to bury.
And Joseph commanded his slaves, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
The Dead » Embalming
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and aromas prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
And they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews to bury.
And Joseph commanded his slaves, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Embalming » How performed by the jews
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and aromas prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
And they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews to bury.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
And Joseph commanded his slaves, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Embalming » Of jesus
And when the sabbath of the great feast of the passover was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome had bought sweet spices that they might come and anoint him.
And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Embalming » Time required for
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Embalming » Not always practised by the jews
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that had died, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks, for he has been dead four days.
Embalming » Of jacob
And Joseph commanded his slaves, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Embalming » Of asa
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and aromas prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
Embalming » Of joseph
So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in an ark in Egypt.
