Verse 2

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 50:26 : 26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
• 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 They buried him in his own tombs, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
• Mark 16:1 : 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
• John 19:39-40 : 39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds. 40 So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
• Matt 26:12 : 12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
• Mark 14:8 : 8 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
• Luke 24:1 : 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
• John 12:7 : 7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.