Mourning For the dead:
- Head uncovered
Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10
- Lying on ground
2 Samuel 12:16
- Personal appearance neglected
2 Samuel 14:2
- Cutting the flesh
Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 41:5
- Lamentations
Genesis 50:10; Exodus 12:30; 1 Samuel 30:4; Jeremiah 22:18; Matthew 2:18
- Fasting
1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 3:35
- Priests prohibited, except for nearest of kin
Leviticus 21:11
- For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
Leviticus 10:6
- Sexes separated in
Zechariah 12:12; Zechariah 12:14
- Hired mourners
2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 9:17; Matthew 9:23
- Instances of:
b Abraham mourned for Sarah
Genesis 23:2
b Egyptians, for Jacob seventy days
Genesis 50:3
b Israelites, for Aaron thirty days
Numbers 20:29
b David's lamentations:
b Over the death of Saul and his sons
2 Samuel 1:27
b Over the death of Abner
2 Samuel 3:34
b Over the death of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:33
b Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
2 Chronicles 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows:
- Rending the garments
Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:34; Genesis 44:13; Numbers 14:6; Judges 11:35; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 13:31; 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 5:8; 2 Kings 6:30; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 22:11; 2 Kings 22:19; Ezra 9:3; Ezra 9:5; Job 1:20; Job 2:12; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 41:5; Matthew 26:65; Acts 14:14
- Wearing mourning dress
b General references
Genesis 38:14; 2 Samuel 14:2
Sackcloth
- Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
b General references
Ezra 9:3; Jeremiah 7:29
Baldness
- Covering:
b the head and face
2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4; Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:4
b the upper lip
Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22; Micah 3:7
- Laying aside ornaments
Exodus 33:4; Exodus 33:6
- Walking barefoot
2 Samuel 15:30; Isaiah 20:2
- Laying the hand on the head
2 Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 2:37
- Ashes put on the head
Ezekiel 27:30
- Dust on the head
Joshua 7:6
Dressing in black
Jeremiah 14:2
- Sitting on the ground
Isaiah 3:26
- Caused ceremonial defilement
Numbers 19:16; Numbers 31:19; Leviticus 21:1
- Prevented offerings from being accepted
Deuteronomy 26:14; Hosea 9:4
Elegy