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Embalming

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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EMBALMING . This specifically Egyptian (non-Israelitish) method of treating dead bodies is mentioned in Scripture only in the cases of Jacob and Joseph ( Genesis 50:2 f., Genesis 50:26 ).

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Embalming'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​e/embalming.html. 1909.
 
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