Mourning

• For the dead
• Head uncoveredLev 10:6Lev 21:10
• Lying on the ground2Sa 12:16
• Personal appearance neglected2Sa 14:2
• Cutting the fleshLev 19:28Lev 21:1–5Deu 14:1Jer 16:6Jer 16:7Jer 41:5
• LamentationsGen 50:10Exo 12:301Sa 30:4Jer 22:18Mat 2:17Mat 2:18
• Fasting1Sa 31:132Sa 1:122Sa 3:35
• Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kinLev 21:1–11
• For Nadab and Abihu forbiddenLev 10:6
• Sexes separated inZec 12:12Zec 12:14
• Hired mourners2Ch 35:25Ecc 12:5Jer 9:17Mat 9:23
• Abraham mourned for SarahGen 23:2
• The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy daysGen 50:1–3
• The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty daysNum 20:29
• David's lamentations over
• The death of Saul and his sons2Sa 1:17–27
• The death of Abner2Sa 3:332Sa 3:34
• The death of Absalom2Sa 18:33
• Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah2Ch 35:25
• For calamities and other sorrows
• Ripping the garmentsGen 37:29Gen 37:34Gen 44:13Num 14:6Jdg 11:352Sa 1:22Sa 1:112Sa 3:312Sa 13:192Sa 13:312Sa 15:322Ki 2:122Ki 5:82Ki 6:302Ki 11:142Ki 19:12Ki 22:112Ki 22:19Ezr 9:3Ezr 9:5Job 1:20Job 2:12Isa 37:1Jer 41:5Mat 26:65Act 14:14
• Wearing mourning clothesGen 38:142Sa 14:2
• Cutting or plucking off the hair and beardEzr 9:3Jer 7:29
• Covering
• The head and the face2Sa 15:302Sa 19:4Est 6:12Jer 14:3Jer 14:4
• The upper lipLev 13:45Ezk 24:17Ezk 24:22Mic 3:7
• Laying aside ornamentsExo 33:4Exo 33:6
• Walking barefoot2Sa 15:30Isa 20:2
• Laying the hand on the head2Sa 13:19Jer 2:37
• Ashes put on the headEzk 27:30
• Dust on the headJos 7:6
• Dressing in blackJer 14:2
• Sitting on the groundIsa 3:26
• Caused ceremonial defilementNum 19:11–16Num 31:19Lev 21:1
• Prevented offerings from being acceptedDeu 26:14Hos 9:4

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