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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Burial
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- Probable origin of
Genesis 4:9,10 - Design of
Genesis 23:3,4 - ATTENDED BY
- Family of the dead
Genesis 50:5,6,8; Matthew 8:21
- Numbers of friends, &c
Genesis 50:7,9; 2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:12
- Female friends
Mark 15:47; Luke 7:13
- Hired mourners
Jeremiah 9:17,18
- Great lamentation at
Genesis 50:10,11; 2 Samuel 3:31,32
- Family of the dead
- Orations sometimes made at
2 Samuel 3:33,34 - THE BODY WAS
- Washed before
Acts 9:37
- Anointed for
Matthew 26:12
- Wound in linen for
John 11:44; 19:40
- Preserved with spices
John 19:39,40
- Sometimes burned before
1 Samuel 31:12
- Carried on a bier to
2 Samuel 3:31; Luke 7:14
- Washed before
- Perfumes burned at
2 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 34:5 - Antiquity of coffins for
Genesis 50:26 - Often took place immediately after death
John 11:17,39; Acts 5:6,10 - Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days
Genesis 50:3,4 - Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution
Deuteronomy 21:23; John 19:31 - The right of all nations
Judges 16:31; John 19:38 - Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors
1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 39:11-14 - Of the friendless, a kind act
2 Samuel 2:5 - PLACES USED FOR
- Natural caves
Genesis 23:19; John 11:38
- Caves hewn out of rocks
Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60
- Gardens
2 Kings 21:18,26; John 19:41
- Under trees
Genesis 35:8; 1 Samuel 31:13
- Tops of the hills
Joshua 24:33; 2 Kings 23:16
- Houses of the deceased
1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34
- The city of David for the kings of Judah
1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:16
- Natural caves
- Antiquity of purchasing places for
Genesis 23:7-16 - PLACES OF
- Frequently prepared and pointed out during life
Genesis 50:5; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:60
- Members of a family interred in the same
Genesis 25:10; 49:31; 2 Samuel 2:32
- Held in high veneration
Nehemiah 2:3,5
- Provided for the common people
Jeremiah 26:23
- Provided for aliens and strangers
Matthew 27:7
- Visited by sorrowing friends
John 11:31
- Pillars erected on
Genesis 35:20
- Tombs erected over
Matthew 23:27-29
- Sometimes had inscriptions
2 Kings 23:17
- Sometimes not apparent
Luke 11:44
- For criminals, marked by heaps
Joshua 7:26
- Were ceremonially unclean
Numbers 19:16,18
- Often desecrated by idolatry
Isaiah 65:3,4
- Frequently prepared and pointed out during life
- The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of
Genesis 47:29-31; 49:29,30; 50:25; 2 Samuel 19:37 - Followed by a feast
2 Samuel 3:35; Jeremiah 16:7,8; Hosea 9:4 - Privation of, considered a calamity
Ecclesiastes 6:3 - Privation of, threatened as a punishment
2 Kings 9:10; Jeremiah 8:2; 16:4 - An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass
Jeremiah 22:19 - Illustrative of regeneration
Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Burial'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/b/burial.html. 1897.
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Burial'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ttt/b/burial.html. 1897.
