| Lev. 20:14 |
"If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is
wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be
no wickedness among you."
See (Incest Is Wickedness
To God) |
| Lev. 21:9 |
"The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself
by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire."
 Note: These would be
a death sentence.
See (Fornication - Is Still
Sin) |
| Josh. 7:25 |
"And Joshua said, 'Why have you troubled us? The Lord
will trouble you this day.' So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they
burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones." |
| 1 Sam. 31:12 |
"all the valiant men arose and traveled all night,
and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth
Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there." |
Israel insight
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Beth Shan - The first century amphitheater
where King Saul's body was hung. The squares are where the lions were held.
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| 1 Kin. 13:21-22 |
"...'Because you have disobeyed the word of the
Lord... your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.' " |
| Isa. 14:18-20 |
"All the kings of the nations,
All of them, sleep
in glory,
Everyone in his own house;
But you are cast out of your grave
Like an *abominable
(despised) branch,....
You will not be joined with them in
burial...."
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| Jere. 16:6 |
"Both the great and the small shall die in this land.
They shall not be buried...." |
| Jere. 22:18-19 |
"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah:...
'He shall be buried with the burial of a
donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates
of Jerusalem.' "
Note: (quotes by Stanley
Horton in the Q & A, May 30, 1993, Pentecostal Evangel):
"Jews considered
lack of a proper burial a terrible tragedy." (1 Kin. 13:22, Isa. 14:18-20, Jer.
16:6, and 22:18-19).
"Cremation was practiced by ancient Romans - never by the
Jews in Bible times. The law commanded burning for crimes." (Lev 20:14, and 21:9)
"The Jewish Mishmah, compiled about AD 200 - part of the Talmud - considered
cremation idolatry and forbade it."
God knows how to bring together whatever is
necessary for the soul and body to be reunited, and for the body to be
transformed in the resurrection. However, burial does seem to show respect to
the body that was the temple of the Holy Spirit..." |
