for his brother, And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother. Num. vi, 6. 7. All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because the consecration of his God is upon his head. Ezek. xliv, 25. And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. NON-BURIAL A DISGRACE, AND SOMETIMES A PUNISHMENT. Deut. xxviii, 26. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 1 Kings xxi, 24. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 2 Kings ix, 10, 36, 37. And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. Wherefore they came again, and told him: and he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. Ps. lxxix, 2, 3. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them." Isa. xiv, 18-20. All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house: But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. joined with them in burial, beThou shalt not be cause thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. this people shall be meat for the Jer. vii, 33. And the carcases of fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. Jer. xxxiv, 20. I will even give mies, and into the hand of them them into the hand of their enebodies shall be for meat unto the that seek their life; and their dead fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. Ezek. xxxix, 4. Thou shalt fall thou, and all thy bands, and the upon the mountains of Israel, give thee unto the ravenous birds people that is with thee: I will of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. Amos viii, 3. And the songs of that day, saith the Lord GOD: the temple shall be howlings in there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. Jer. viii, 2. be gathered, nor be buried; they They shall not shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. Jer. xxii, 19. He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Ezek. xxxix, 20. Thus ye shall and chariots, with mighty men, be filled at my table with horses and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. Rev. xi, 8, 9. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, and nations, shali see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. DEAD SOMETIMES BURNED. 1 Sam. xxxi, 12. All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. Amos ii, 1. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. Amos vi, 9, 10. And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. And a man's uncle shall take him 177 bring out the bones out of the up, and he that burneth him, to house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? BURIAL. name of that place Kibroth-batNum. xi, 34. And he called the taavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. anointed David king over the Judah came; 2 Sam. ii, 4, 5. And the men of and there they David, saying, That the men of house of Judah. And they told Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. And David sent messengers unto the men of Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, your lord, eren unto Saul, and have shewed this kindness unto have buried hi:n. 2 Sam. xxi, 12-14. And David went and took the bones of Saul, son, from the men of Jabeshand the bones of Jonathan his gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: And he of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan brought up from thence the bones his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father. . . was come in, he did eat and 2 Kings ix, 34. And when he drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. pass, as they were burying a man, 2 Kings xiii, 21. And it came to that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived. and stood up on his feet. 1 Chron. x, 11, 12. And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the They arose, all the valiant men, Philistines had done to Saul, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. Ps. cxlvi, 4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. months shall the house of Israel Ezek. xxxix, 12-14. And seven be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them: and it shall be to them a renown, the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land, to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. Matth. viii, 21. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. John xii, 7. Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. Acts v, 6, 9, 10. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. Then Peter said unto her. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. OTHER INSTANCES. Gen. 1, 7, 12-14. And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. Deut. x, 6. And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera; there Aaron died, and there he was buried. . . ... Deut. xxxiv, 5, 6. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. Judges xvi, 31. Then his brethren, and all the house of his father, came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father: and he judged Israel twenty years. 2 Sam. iv, 12. And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them | Rebekah his wife; and there I up over the pool in Hebron: but buried Leah. they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 1 Kings xiv, 18. And they buried hin; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Alijah the prophet. 2 Chron. xxi, 20. Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired: howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 2 Chron. xxiv, 25. And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sous of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. Mark vi, 29. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. John xi, 17. Then, when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Acts ii, 29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. VARIOUS KINDS OF BURIAL PLACES. Gen. xxiii, 19. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. before Gen. xxv, 9, 10. And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is Mamre: The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. Gen. xxxv, 8. But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. Gen. xlviii, 7. And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. Gen. xlix, 31. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and buried him in the border of his Josh. xxiv, 30. 31. And they inheritance in Timnath - serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. Judges it, 8, 9. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. son of Joash died in a good old Judges viii, 32. And Gideon the age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 1 Sam. xxv, 1. And Samuel died: and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him., and buried him in his house at Ramah. . . . . . 1 Kings ii, 34. So Benalah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 2 Kings xxi, 18, 26. And 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 in his sepulchre in the garden of stead. And [Amos] was buried Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 2 Kings xxiii, 30. And his servants carried [Josiah] in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. Jer. vii, 32. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. John xi, 38. Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. John xix, 41. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was Lever man yet laid. Acts vii, 16. And [the bones of Jacob and Joseph] were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem. BURIAL PLACE OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH. 1 Kings xiv, 30, 31. And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess: and Abijam his son reigned in his stead.. 1 Kings xv, 8, 24. And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. 1 Kings xxii, 50. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 2 Kings vill, 24. And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. Megiddo, and died there. And his 2 Kings xii, 21. For Jozachar brought him [Amaziah] on horses; 2 Kings xv, 7, 38. So Azariah 2 Kings xvi, 20. And Ahaz slept son 2 Chron. xxxii, 33. And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. MONUMENTS. Josh. vii, 26. And they raised unto this day. So the LORD turnover him a great heap of stones ed from the fierceness of his anger: wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. 2 Kings ix, 27, 28. But when Josh. viii, 29. And the king of Ahaziah the king of Judah saw Ai he hanged on a tree until eventhis, he fled by the way of the tide: and as soon as the sun was garden house. And Jehu follow-down, Joshua commanded that ed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to they should take his carcase down stones, that remaineth unto this day. Absalom, and cast him into a 2 Sam. xviii, 17. And they took very great heap of stones upon great pit in the wood, and laid a him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. Then he 2 Kings xxiii, 17. said. What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of thou hast done against the altar God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that of Beth-el. Isa. lxv, 3. 4. A people that to my face; that sacrificeth in garprovoketh me to anger continually dens, and burneth incense upon among the graves, and lodge in altars of brick; the monuments. Which remain scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Matth. xxiii, 27. Woe unto you for ye are like unto whited sepul beautiful out ward, but are within chres, which indeed appear full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Luke xi, 47. Woe unto you! for prophets, and your fathers killed ye build the sepulchres of the them. unto him, Follow me; and let the Matth. viii, 22. But Jesus said dead bury their dead. Luke ix, 59, 60. And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, Suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their kingdom of God. dead; but go thou and preach the buried with him by baptism into Rom. vi, 4. Therefore we are death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. baptism, wherein also ye are risen Col. ii, 12. Buried with him in with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. CREATION THE WORK OF GOD Ps. cxix, 90. Thy faithfulness is Ps. cxlviii, 6. He hath also stab- Who hath laid the thou mo. measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? When the morningstars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. REFLECTIONS. Gen. i, 1, 2, 11, 12. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was Job ix, 10. Which doeth great so. And the earth brought forth Eccles. iii, 14. I know that what-things past finding out; yea, and grass, and herb yielding seed soever God doeth, it shall be for wonders without number. after his kind, and the tree yield-ever: nothing can be put to it, nor ing fruit, whose seed was in itself, any thing taken from it; and God after his kind: and God saw that it doeth it, that men should fear bewas good. Num. xiv, 21. But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. Neh. ix, 6. Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Ps. xxiv, 1. The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Ps. xxxiii, 5, 9. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Prov. viii, 26. While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. fore him. Eccles. vii, 13. Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight which he hath made crooked? Isa. vi, 3. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. Isa. xlii, 5. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. Isa. xliv, 24. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the Ps. lxxv, 3. The earth and all 1sa. xlv, 18. For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; P3. lxxviii, 69. And he built his God himself that formed the sanctuary like high palaces, like earth, and made it; he hath estabthe earth which he hath established it, he created it not in vain, lished for ever. Ps. xc, 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the carth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. cii, 25. Of old hast thon laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. Ps. cxl, 7, 8. The works of his hands are verity and judgment: all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. he formed it to be inhabited; I am EARTH ONE OF THE ORBS OF SPACE. the north over the empty place, ALSO A STABLE HABI- Job xxxviii, 3, 5, 7, 18. Gird up Job v, 9. Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number. that thou magnify his work, Job xxxvi, 24, 25. Remember which men behold. Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. Ps. xxviii, 5. Because they rcgard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Ps. xl, 5. Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward; they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Ps. lxxxix, 12. The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. Ps. cxi, 2, 3. The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Isa. xl, 28. Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. die the common death of all men, Num. xvi, 29, 30. If these men or if they be visited after the visi tation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent me: But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. Deut. iv. 11. And ye came near, and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. Deut. v, 23. And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire) that ye came near uuto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders. Judges v, 5. The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. Job ix, 5, 6. Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger; Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Job xiv, 18. And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. Job xviii, 7, 15. The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Job xxviii. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. Ps. xviii, 7. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. Ps. xlvi, 2, 3. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. Ps. Ix, 2. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it; heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. P8. Ixvill, 7, S. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Ps. xcvil, 5. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. P3. civ, 32. He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. Ps. cxiv, 7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the Ps. cxliv, 5. Bow thy heavens, O shake the heavens, and the earth wouldest rend the heavens, that Jer iv, 24. I beheld the moun- the mountains shall be thrown Micah i. 4. And the mountains Nahum 1, 5. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burnt at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Zech. xiv, 4. And his feet shall the north, and half of it toward Luke xxi, 11. And great earth- Heb. xii, 18, 26. For ye are not be touched, and that burned with come unto the mount that might fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest. Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Rev. xl, 13. And the same bour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the glory to the God of heaven. remnant were affrighted, and gave EARTHQUAKES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE. AT MOUNT SINAI. Sinai was altogether on a smoke, Exod. xix, 18. And mount because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. IN THE WILDERNESS. Num. xvi, 31, 32. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: and the earth opened up, and their houses, and all the her mouth, and swallowed them men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. IN STRONGHOLDS OF 1 Sam. xiv, 15. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. AT MOUNT HOREB, ON ELIJAH'S VISIT TO IT. forth, and stand upon the mount 1 Kings xix, 11. And he said, Go before the LORD. the LORD passed by, and a great And, behold, and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake. IN UZZIAH'S REIGN. who was among the herdmen of Amos i, 1. The words of Amos, Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Zech. xiv, 5. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains shall the valley of the mountains; for reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. |