For the dead
Head uncovered
Leviticus 10:6; 21:10
Lying on the ground
2 Samuel 12:16
Personal appearance neglected
2 Samuel 14:2
Cutting the flesh
Leviticus 19:28; 21:1-5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 16:6,7; 41:5
Lamentations
Genesis 50:10; Exodus 12:30; 1 Samuel 30:4; Jeremiah 22:18; Matthew 2:17,18
Fasting
1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 1:12; 3:35
Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
Leviticus 21:1-11
For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
Leviticus 10:6
Sexes separated in
Zechariah 12:12,14
Hired mourners
2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 9:17; Matthew 9:23
Abraham mourned for Sarah
Genesis 23:2
The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days
Genesis 50:1-3
The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days
Numbers 20:29
David’s lamentations over
The death of Saul and his sons
2 Samuel 1:17-27
The death of Abner
2 Samuel 3:33,34
The death of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:33
Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
2 Chronicles 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows
Ripping the garments
Genesis 37:29,34; 44:13; Numbers 14:6; Judges 11:35; 2 Samuel 1:2,11; 3:31; 13:19,31; 15:32; 2 Kings 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; Ezra 9:3,5; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 41:5; Matthew 26:65; Acts 14:14
Wearing mourning clothes
Genesis 38:14; 2 Samuel 14:2
Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
Ezra 9:3; Jeremiah 7:29
Covering
The head and the face
2 Samuel 15:30; 19:4; Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:3,4
The upper lip
Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17,22; Micah 3:7
Laying aside ornaments
Exodus 33:4,6
Walking barefoot
2 Samuel 15:30; Isaiah 20:2
Laying the hand on the head
2 Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 2:37
Ashes put on the head
Ezekiel 27:30
Dust on the head
Joshua 7:6
Dressing in black
Jeremiah 14:2
Sitting on the ground
Isaiah 3:26
Caused ceremonial defilement
Numbers 19:11-16; 31:19; Leviticus 21:1
Prevented offerings from being accepted
Deuteronomy 26:14; Hosea 9:4
