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Bible Verses about “being cremated”
The Bible contains 3 verses about being cremated across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
Genesis 3:19
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“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Amos 2:1
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“¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:”
1 Samuel 31:12
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“All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.”