MOURNING in the Bible

-For the dead -Head uncovered ; 21:10 -Lying on the ground -Personal appearance neglected -Cutting the flesh ; 21:1-5; ; ,7; 41:5 -Lamentations ; ; ; ; ,18 -Fasting ; ; 3:35 -Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin -11 -For Nadab and Abihu forbidden -Sexes separated in ,14 -Hired mourners ; ; ; -Abraham mourned for Sarah -The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days -3 -The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days -David's lamentations over -The death of Saul and his sons -27 -The death of Abner ,34 -The death of Absalom -Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah -For calamities and other sorrows -Ripping the garments ,34; 44:13; ; ; ,11; 3:31; 13:19,31; 15:32; ; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; ,5; ; 2:12; ; ; ; -Wearing mourning clothes ; -See SACKCLOTH -Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard ; -See BALDNESS -Covering -The head and the face ; 19:4; ; ,4 -The upper lip ; ,22; -Laying aside ornaments ,6 -Walking barefoot ; -Laying the hand on the head ; -Ashes put on the head -Dust on the head -Dressing in black -Sitting on the ground -Caused ceremonial defilement -16; 31:19; -Prevented offerings from being accepted ; -See ELEGY