Bible verses about "cremation" | NSB

¹⁷ »What is that headstone I see over there?« Josiah asked. The men of the town said: »It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah. The one who foretold all these things you have done to the altar of Bethel.« ¹⁸ He said: »Let him be. Do not move his bones.« So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. ¹⁹ Josiah removed all the houses of the high places the kings of Israel built in the towns of Samaria. This provoked Jehovah to anger and he did with them as he had done in Bethel. ²⁰ He killed all the priests of the high places on the altars. Their bones were burned on the altars. Then the king went back to Jerusalem. ²¹ The king gave orders to all the people. He said: »Keep the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it says in this book of the law.« ²² Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah. ²³ In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem. ²⁴ Josiah removed all the spirit mediums, the foretellers, the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. That way he could establish the words of the agreement recorded in the book Hilkiah the priest discovered in the Temple of Jehovah.

¹³ Two years later he died. ¹⁴ Asa was buried in the rock tomb that he had carved out for himself in David’s City. They used spices and perfumed oils to prepare his body for burial. They built a huge bonfire to mourn his death.

²¹ Christ will, through his power, bring everything under his authority. He will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified (glorious) body (literally and figuratively: body of his glory). He is able to subject all things to himself.

¹ Jehovah said: »I will not withdraw punishment for the many transgressions of Moab. He burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

¹ We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands. ² In this we sigh (in silent prayer), longing to be clothed with our habitation that is from heaven. ³ Indeed being clothed we will not be found naked. ⁴ While in this tabernacle we groan and sigh with prayer. We are concerned that we would be clothed with what is mortal and be swallowed up (devoured) by this life. ⁵ He that prepared us for this very purpose is God. He gave the Spirit to us as a guarantee (pledge) (security).

²⁵ Joshua said: »Why have you troubled us? Jehovah will trouble you this day.« All Israel stoned them with stones. After they stoned them they burned them with fire.

³ And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

¹² All the fighting men marched all night and took the dead bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They came back to Jabesh and burned the bodies.

¹⁹ »You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.«