taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. Cross References Genesis 50:4 When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's court, "If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that Genesis 50:10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days. Numbers 20:29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days. Deuteronomy 34:8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. Treasury of Scripture And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days. forty days. mourned. Numbers 20:29 Deuteronomy 21:13 Deuteronomy 34:8 |
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