BURIAL
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Probable origin of
Design of
Orations sometimes made at
Perfumes burned at
Antiquity of coffins for
Often took place immediately after death
Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days
Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution
The right of all nations
Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors
Of the friendless, a kind act
Antiquity of purchasing places for
The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of
Followed by a feast
Privation of, considered a calamity
Privation of, threatened as a punishment
An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass
Illustrative of regeneration
ATTENDED BY
Family of the dead
Numbers of friends, &c
Female friends
Hired mourners
Great lamentation at
THE BODY WAS
Washed before
Anointed for
Wound in linen for
Preserved with spices
Sometimes burned before
Carried on a bier to
PLACES USED FOR
Natural caves
Caves hewn out of rocks
Gardens
Under trees
Tops of the hills
Houses of the deceased
The city of David for the kings of Judah
PLACES OF
Frequently prepared and pointed out during life
Members of a family interred in the same
Held in high veneration
Provided for the common people
Provided for aliens and strangers
Visited by sorrowing friends
Pillars erected on
Tombs erected over
Sometimes had inscriptions
Sometimes not apparent
For criminals, marked by heaps
Were ceremonially unclean
Often desecrated by idolatry
Rites of
Soon after death
With spices
Bier (coffin) used at
Of Jacob
Abner
Child of Jeroboam
The son of the widow of Nain
Stephen
Lack of, a disgrace
By Jacob
By Joseph
Burial of Gog (multitude) requiring seven months
Bought by Abraham
Jacob
Asa
Joseph
On hills
In valleys
Family
Of kings
A place of honor
For poor and strangers
In houses
In gardens
In caves
Under trees, Deborah’s
King Saul’s
Closed with stones
Sealed
Marked with pillars, Rachel’s
And inscriptions
Painted and garnished
With shelves
Demoniacs lived in
Anyone who touched, were unclean
Refused to the dead
Robbed
FIGURATIVE