Genesis 50:3

Modern English Version

Forty days were required for him, for such is the time required for those who are embalmed. Then the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned with a great and very sorrowful lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

Genesis 50:4

When the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh, saying,

Numbers 20:29

When all the assembly saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel.

Deuteronomy 21:13

She must also discard the clothing of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother for a full month. After that you may have relations with her, and be her husband, and she will be your wife.

Deuteronomy 34:8

The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.