Burial, Bury

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(mounding). Place, a cave or hewn rock (Gen. 23:4; 25:9; 50:5-13; Matt. 27:60). Body washed (Acts 9:37); swathed and spiced (Matt. 27:59; Mark 15:46; 16:1). Head covered separately (2 Chron. 16:14; John 19:40); pallbearers and mourners, relatives and friends (2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:12); sometimes hired mourners (Jer. 9:17; Ezek. 24:17; Matt. 9:23).