Genesis 50:2
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2 Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;(A)
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2 Chronicles 21:19
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19 In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor like the fires made for his ancestors.(A)
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Jeremiah 34:5
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5 you shall die in peace. And as spices were burned[a] for your ancestors, the earlier kings who preceded you, so they shall burn spices[b] for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!” For I have spoken the word, says the Lord.(A)
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John 19:39
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39 Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.(A)
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John 19:40
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40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews.(A)
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