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Graves or burial places, often cut out of rock. People were usually buried in family tombs and kings were often buried in royal tombs.

Tombs cut out of rock

Isaiah 22:15-16 See also 2 Kings 23:16; 2 Chronicles 16:14; Matthew 27:59-60 pp Mark 15:46 pp Luke 23:53

Caves used as tombs

Genesis 50:13 See also Genesis 23:17-20; Genesis 25:8-10; John 11:38

Tombs sealed with a stone

John 11:38 See also Matthew 27:60 pp Mark 15:46; Matthew 27:64-66; Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:3; Luke 24:2

Burial in a family tomb

Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:8-10; Genesis 47:29-30; Genesis 49:29-32; Judges 8:32; Judges 16:31; 2 Samuel 2:32; Samuel 17:23; Samuel 19:37; Samuel 21:12-14; 1 Kings 13:22

Royal tombs

2 Chronicles 16:14 See also 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 C 25; 2 C 23; 2 C 27; 2 C 33; Nehemiah 3:16

Tombs in gardens

2 Kings 21:18 See also 2 Kings 21:26; John 19:41

Contact with a tomb rendered a person ritually unclean

Numbers 19:16 See also 2 Kings 23:6

Figurative use of tombs

Matthew 23:27-28 See also Luke 11:43-44

See also

2530  Christ, death of
2560  Christ, resurrection
4218  cave
4257  pit
4354  rock
5241  burial
5320  funeral
8767  hypocrisy
9020  death
9030  dead bodies
9040  grave, the
9540  Sheol