Cave: Burial Place
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Genesis 23:9-20
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burial plot among you.
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Genesis 25:9
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 before Mamre;
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Genesis 49:29-32
And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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Genesis 50:13
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 burial plot of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
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John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay on it.
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Of the Places of Burial.
... "He that selleth his neighbour a place of burial, and he that takes of his neighbour
a place of burial, let him make the inner parts of the cave four cubits ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 100 of the places.htm

Whether it is Lawful to Receive Money for Things Annexed to ...
... Reply to Objection 3: We have no authority for supposing that the double cave which
Abraham bought for a burial place was consecrated for that purpose ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful to 24.htm

Place of S. Cyril's Lectures.
... were delivered, was built by Constantine over the cave which, according to the evidence
then existing, was fully believed to be the Burial-place of our Lord. ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/chapter viii place of s cyrils.htm

The Burial and Assumption of the Blessed virgin
... came two by two into the narrow cave, and saw ... on their way home immediately after
the burial, how it ... reverently on the little table before the place where the ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xix the burial and assumption.htm

Chapter xxiii
... Ancient contract tablets present a close parallel to this case. Field, cave, trees
are all involved in the purchase ... Abraham wanted a place of burial as near ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiii.htm

Appendix D.
... body was not laid in*a sepulchre at Sychem, but in the cave of Machpelah ... Stephen
says, is, that Abraham bought the burial-place "of the sons of Emmor, the son ...
//christianbookshelf.org/burgon/inspiration and interpretation/appendix d.htm

The Patriarchs.
... When Abraham bought the Cave of Machpelah for a, burial-place, it was in the full
certainty that though he was now a stranger in the land, it would be his ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson ii the patriarchs.htm

Chapter l
... And his sons bore him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field
of Macpelah, which field Abraham bought for a burial place of his own ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter l.htm

Genesis
... His wife died, and for a burial-place he purchased from the natives a field and
cave in Hebron, thus winning in the promised land ground he could legally call ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/genesis.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... In the burial-place a hollow had been made in the shape of a wrapped-up body, slightly
raised at the head. In front of the cave there was a little garden with ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

Resources
What was the Cave of Adullam? | GotQuestions.org

What is the significance of the cave of Machpelah? | GotQuestions.org

Why was a burial place so important in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Cave: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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