MOURNING
For the dead
Head uncovered LEV 10:6; 21:10
Lying on the ground 2SA 12:16
Personal appearance neglected 2SA 14:2
Cutting the flesh LEV 19:28; 21:1-5; DEU 14:1; JER 16:6,7; 41:5
Lamentations GEN 50:10; EXO 12:30; 1SA 30:4; JER 22:18; MAT 2:17,18
Fasting 1SA 31:13; 2SA 1:12; 3:35
Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin LEV 21:1-11
For Nadab and Abihu forbidden LEV 10:6
Sexes separated in ZEC 12:12,14
Hired mourners 2CH 35:25; ECC 12:5; JER 9:17; MAT 9:23
Abraham mourned for Sarah GEN 23:2
The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days GEN 50:1-3
The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days NUM 20:29
David's lamentations over
The death of Saul and his sons 2SA 1:17-27
The death of Abner 2SA 3:33,34
The death of Absalom 2SA 18:33
Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah 2CH 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows
Ripping the garments GEN 37:29,34; 44:13; NUM 14:6; JDG 11:35; 2SA 1:2,11; 3:31; 13:19,31; 15:32; 2KI 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; EZR 9:3,5; JOB 1:20; 2:12; ISA 37:1; JER 41:5; MAT 26:65; ACT 14:14
Wearing mourning clothes GEN 38:14; 2SA 14:2
See SACKCLOTH
Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard EZR 9:3; JER 7:29
See BALDNESS
Covering
The head and the face 2SA 15:30; 19:4; EST 6:12; JER 14:3,4
The upper lip LEV 13:45; EZK 24:17,22; MIC 3:7
Laying aside ornaments EXO 33:4,6
Walking barefoot 2SA 15:30; ISA 20:2
Laying the hand on the head 2SA 13:19; JER 2:37
Ashes put on the head EZK 27:30
Dust on the head JOS 7:6
Dressing in black JER 14:2
Sitting on the ground ISA 3:26
Caused ceremonial defilement NUM 19:11-16; 31:19; LEV 21:1
Prevented offerings from being accepted DEU 26:14; HOS 9:4
See ELEGY
