Burial Rites of
Jeremiah 34:5
Soon after death
Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 8:29; John 19:42; Acts 5:10
With spices
2 Chronicles 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56
Bier used at
2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14
Attended by relatives and friends:
- Of Jacob
Genesis 50:9
- Of Abner
2 Samuel 3:31
- Of the child of Jeroboam
1 Kings 14:13
- Of the son of the widow of Nain
Luke 7:13
- Of Stephen
Acts 8:2
Lack of, a disgrace
2 Kings 9:10; Proverbs 30:17; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 22:19; Ezekiel 39:15
Directions given about, before death:
- Directions given about, before death:
Genesis 49:30
- By Joseph
Genesis 50:25
Burial of Gog requiring 7 months
Ezekiel 39:13
Burial places:
- Bought by Abraham
Genesis 23; Genesis 25:9
- Prepared by Jacob
Genesis 50:5
- Prepared by Asa
2 Chronicles 16:14
- Prepared by Joseph
Matthew 27:60
- On hills
2 Kings 23:16; Joshua 24:33
- In valleys
Jeremiah 7:32
- Family
Genesis 47:30; Genesis 49:29; Acts 7:16
- Of kings
1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 32:33
- A place of honor
2 Chronicles 24:16; 2 Chronicles 24:25; 2 Chronicles 21:20
- For poor and strangers
Jeremiah 26:23; Matthew 27:7
- Tombs:
b in houses
1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34
b in gardens
2 Kings 21:18; 2 Kings 21:26; John 19:41
b in caves
Genesis 23:9
b Under trees, Deborah's
Genesis 35:8
b King Saul's
1 Samuel 31:13
- Closed with stones
Matthew 27:60; Matthew 27:66; John 11:38; John 20:1
- Sealed
Matthew 27:66
- Marked with pillars, Rachel's
Genesis 35:20
- Marked with inscriptions
2 Kings 23:17
- Painted and garnished
Matthew 23:27; Matthew 23:29
- With shelves
Isaiah 14:15
- Demoniacs dwelt in
Matthew 8:28
- Any who touched were unclean
Numbers 19:16; Numbers 19:18; Isaiah 65:4
- Refused to the dead
Revelation 11:9
- Robbed
Jeremiah 8:1
Cremation; Dead; Death; Elegy; Grave; Mourning
Figurative
Isaiah 22:16; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12