Embalming

“And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,”

“taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.”

“So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.”

“And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.”

“So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.”

“When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.”