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