14 Bible Verses about Preparation For Burial

Jesus therefore replied: Let her alone that she may preserve it for the day of my burial.

She poured this ointment on my body to prepare me for burial.

It took forty days, which is the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Then Joseph gave orders to embalm his father's body.

Joseph died in Egypt at the age of one hundred and ten. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin.

They prepared the body of Jesus for burial. They bound it in linen cloths with spices. This was the custom of the Jews.

He stooped and looked inside where he saw the linen clothes. He did not enter. Simon Peter followed him to the tomb and entered to see the linen clothes laying there. The napkin that was on his head was not with the linen clothes. It was rolled up by itself.

She did what she could! She anointed my body beforehand for burying.

I will go to Egypt with you. I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.

My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.

David told Joab and everyone with him: Show your sorrow by tearing your clothes and wearing sackcloth! Walk in front of Abner's body and cry! David walked behind the coffin on which Abner's body was being carried.

He came near the casket and touched it. The bearers stood still. He said, Young man arise.

When a man's uncle takes the body to be burned and brings the bones out of the house he will say to the innermost parts of the house: 'Is there yet any one here?' And he will say, 'No.' Then he will say: 'Hold your peace. We may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.'

Topheth was prepared long ago. It was made ready for the king. It was made deep and wide and piled high with plenty of burning logs. Jehovah's breath will be like a flood of burning sulfur, setting it on fire.