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Burial in Smiths Bible Dictionary

[TOMBS] On this subject we have to notice -- 1. The place of burial, its site and shape; 2. The mode of burial; 3. The prevalent notions regarding this duty. 1. A natural cave enlarged and adapted by excavation, or an artificial imitation of one was the standard type of sepulchre. Sepulchres, when the owner's means permitted it, were commonl...

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Burial Scripture - Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial....

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Burial in Easton's Bible Dictionary

The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron "four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchants." Thus the patriarch became the owner of a part of the land of Canaan, the only part he...

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Burial Scripture - 2 Chronicles 26:23

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead....

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Burial Scripture - Ecclesiastes 6:3

If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he....

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Burial Scripture - Isaiah 14:20

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, [and] slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned....

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Burial in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The Jews entombed, if possible, or else inferred, their dead; the rabbis alleging as a reason" Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" (Genesis 3:19). Even enemies received burial (1 Kings 11:15). The law ordained the same treatment of the malefactor (Deuteronomy 21:23). Nothing but extreme profanity on the part of the deceased during ...

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Burial in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL 1. Often Informal and Hasty 2. Usually with More Ceremony 3. Contrasts between Jewish Customs and Other Peoples' (1) Cremation (2) Embalmi...

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Burial Scripture - Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him....

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Burial in Naves Topical Bible

Rites of Jer 34:5 -Soon after death De 21:23; Jos 8:29; Joh 19:38-42; Ac 5:9,10 -With spices 2Ch 16:14; Mr 16:1; Lu 23:56 -Bier (coffin) used at 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14 -Attended by relatives and friends Of Jacob Ge 50:5-9 Abner 2Sa 3:31 Child of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:13 The son of the widow of Nain Lu 7:12,13 Stephen Ac 8:2 -Lack of, a disg...

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