Verse 2

Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 50:26 : 26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
• 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
• Mark 16:1 : 1 The Resurrection When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
• John 19:39-40 : 39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. 40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.
• Matt 26:12 : 12 When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
• Mark 14:8 : 8 She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial.
• Luke 24:1 : 1 The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
• John 12:7 : 7 So Jesus said,“Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.