DEAD, THE

(A) PREPARATION OF, for Burial

(1) General References to

Mt 26:12; Joh 11:44; Ac 9:37

(2) Embalming

Ge 50:2,26; 2Ch 16:14; Joh 19:40

(3) Grave-clothes

Mt 27:59; Joh 11:44; 19:40; 20:7; Ac 5:6

(4) Cremation

Jos 7:25; 1Sa 31:12; 2Ki 23:20; Am 6:10

(5) Burial Ceremonies

Ge 50:10; Jer 34:5

--SEE Mourners, SORROW

(B) DEAD BODIES

(1) Jewish Laws concerning

Le 21:11; Nu 6:6; 9:6; 19:11; De 21:23; Hag 2:13

(2) Unburied, a mark of disgrace

De 28:26; Ps 79:2; Ec 6:3; Isa 14:19; Jer 7:33; 16:4
Jer 25:33; 34:20

(3) Burial of

De 10:6; 34:6; Jos 24:30; 1Ki 11:15; 2Ki 13:20; Mt 14:12
Lu 16:22; Ac 5:10; 8:2

(C) PLACES OF BURIAL

(1) General References to

Ge 47:30; Nu 19:16; Jud 16:31; 1Sa 25:1; 31:13; 2Ki 21:18
1Ch 10:12; 2Ch 33:20; Jer 26:23; Mt 27:7

--SEE The Grave, GRAVE, THE

(2) Sepulchres

Ge 23:6; De 34:6; 2Ki 9:28; 2Ch 16:14; Isa 53:9; Mt 27:60
Mr 6:29; Lu 24:1

--SEE 935
& GRAVE, THE

(3) Attachment to the Burial Places of "The Fathers"

Ge 49:29; 50:25; Ne 2:3

(D) TOMBSTONES erected over

Ge 35:20; 2Ki 23:17

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