Genesis 23: 1- 20
Is cremation biblical? Is burying biblical?
Genesis 23:19 - Abraham bought a burying place for Sarah
Leviticus 10: 1-3 - Nadab and Abihu were burned by God for serving in the tabernacle wrongfully
Numbers 11: 1-3 - God sent fire to burn the people as punishment
I Samuel 31: 8-13 - Saul and his sons were cremated and then their bones buried after they died in war
Deuteronomy 34: 1- 8 - Moses died in Moab and was buried by God
Deuteronomy 21:22-23 - A command was given by God to bury the dead
Numbers 11: 31-34 - People were buried after dying from a plague
Genesis 47: 29-30 - Jacob dies and is buried
New Testament examples of people buried:
Ananias and Sapphira
Judas
Lazarus
Jesus
The Bible gives us 133 examples of people being buried in the Bible.