Burial

A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Burial’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

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Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

Ezekiel 39:12 OT

“ ‘ “The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
Ezekiel 39:13 OT

Yes, all the people of the land will bury them; and they will become famous in the day that I will be glorified,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Genesis 23:1-20 OT

Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life. Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Abraham rose up from before his…
Genesis 25:9 OT

Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,
Genesis 50:5 OT

‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’ ”
Matthew 27:60 NT

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
2 Kings 23:16 OT

As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who…
Joshua 24:33 OT

Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
Jeremiah 7:32 OT

Therefore behold, the days come”, says Yahweh, “that it will no more be called ‘Topheth’ or ‘The valley of the son of Hinnom’, but ‘The valley of Slaughter’; for they will bury in Topheth until there is no place to bury.
Genesis 47:30 OT

but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
Acts 7:16 NT

and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
1 Kings 2:10 OT

David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
2 Chronicles 32:33 OT

Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 24:16 OT

They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
2 Chronicles 24:25 OT

When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they…
2 Chronicles 21:20 OT

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He departed without being missed; and they buried him in David’s city, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Jeremiah 26:23 OT

and they fetched Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
Matthew 27:7 NT

They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in.
1 Samuel 25:1 OT

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Kings 2:34 OT

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
2 Kings 21:18 OT

Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 21:26 OT

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
John 19:41 NT

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
Genesis 23:9 OT

that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him sell it to me among you as a possession for a burial place.”