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how_o to_o interpret_v ezek._n 24._o 17._o bind_v the_o tire_n of_o thy_o head_n upon_o thou_o i._n e._n keep_v on_o thy_o ordinary_a head-apparel_n and_o do_v not_o change_v it_o for_o a_o mourn_a one_o such_o as_o be_v use_v at_o funeral_n the_o prophet_n be_v here_o forbid_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n to_o use_v any_o such_o funeral_n ceremony_n there_o be_v ancient_o a_o peculiar_a space_n of_o time_n allot_v for_o lament_v the_o decease_a which_o they_o call_v the_o day_n of_o mourn_a gen._n 27._o 41._o &_o 50._o 4._o thus_o the_o egyptian_n who_o reverence_v the_o patriarch_n jacob_n as_o a_o prince_n and_o a_o great_a man_n lament_v his_o death_n threescore_o and_o ten_o day_n gen._n 50._o 3._o which_o be_v confirm_v by_o what_o i._n diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a say_v that_o the_o egyptian_n mourn_v for_o their_o king_n when_o they_o die_v seventy_o two_o day_n wherein_o he_o be_v either_o guilty_a of_o a_o small_a mistake_n of_o the_o number_n or_o those_o people_n afterward_o add_v two_o day_n more_o to_o the_o time_n of_o mourn_v but_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o oversight_n in_o 15._o josephus_n when_o he_o say_v the_o time_n of_o public_a mourn_v among_o the_o egyptian_n be_v forty_o day_n which_o mistake_v perhaps_o be_v ground_v on_o what_o be_v say_v in_o the_o precede_a word_n of_o the_o forecited_a place_n forty_o day_n be_v fulfil_v for_o the_o embalm_v so_o that_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o mistake_v the_o time_n of_o embalm_v or_o make_v preparation_n in_o order_n to_o the_o funeral_n for_o the_o time_n of_o mourn_v which_o be_v distinct_a from_o that_o and_o be_v seventy_o day_n the_o hebrew_n term_n of_o condoleance_n be_v far_o short_a of_o this_o for_o joseph_n mourn_v for_o his_o father_n but_o seven_o day_n gen._n 50._o 10._o and_o general_o afterward_o the_o funeral_n mourn_v be_v confine_v within_o a_o week_n both_o among_o the_o jew_n 1_o sam._n 31._o 13._o and_o the_o arabian_n job_n 2._o 13._o thus_o the_o time_n of_o mourn_v be_v proportionable_a to_o that_o of_o feast_v which_o as_o i_o have_v observe_v last_v seven_o day_n yet_o at_o some_o time_n and_o for_o extraordinary_a reason_n it_o be_v lengthen_v out_o to_o a_o much_o long_a season_n thus_o they_o mourn_v for_o the_o death_n of_o aaron_n thirty_o day_n numb_a 20._o 29._o and_o so_o long_a a_o time_n they_o lament_v the_o death_n of_o moses_n deut._n 34._o 8._o and_o this_o particular_a period_n of_o funeral_n lamentation_n be_v mention_v in_o deut._n 21._o 13._o mourn_v at_o funeral_n be_v heretofore_o help_v and_o advance_v by_o music_n and_o that_o both_o of_o voice_n and_o instrument_n thence_o it_o be_v say_v that_o king_n iosias_n death_n be_v lament_v by_o all_o the_o sing_a man_n and_o the_o sing_a woman_n 2_o chron._n 35._o 25._o and_o thence_o you_o read_v of_o the_o mourn_a woman_n jer._n 9_o 17._o the_o same_o with_o those_o that_o be_v afterward_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bewailer_n lamenter_n of_o who_o talmud_n buxtorf_n speak_v the_o same_o with_o the_o praeficae_fw-la among_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o greek_n who_o be_v hire_v at_o funeral_n soften_v and_o melt_v the_o relation_n of_o the_o decease_a into_o fit_n of_o dolorous_a passion_n by_o their_o mournful_a note_n of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o mourner_n that_o go_v about_o the_o street_n eccl._n 12._o 5._o that_o attend_v the_o corpse_n to_o the_o grave_a the_o long_a home_o as_o it_o be_v style_v in_o that_o verse_n for_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v expound_v beth_n gnolam_fw-la by_o the_o house_n of_o the_o sepulture_n the_o form_n use_v at_o these_o funeral_n lamentation_n and_o outcry_n be_v mention_v in_o jer._n 22._o 18._o ah_o my_o brother_n ah_o my_o sister_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o ch._n 34._o v._n 5._o to_o the_o mournful_a music_n on_o such_o occasion_n refer_v the_o prophet_n word_n jer._n 48._o 36._o my_o heart_n shall_v found_v like_o pipe_n i._n e._n with_o a_o mourning-sound_n such_o as_o minstrel_n make_v at_o funeral_n as_o a_o 23._o modern_a critic_n right_o guess_v though_o 23._o dr._n hammond_n be_v positive_a that_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o instrument_n of_o music_n at_o funeral_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o read_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o player_n on_o the_o pipe_n or_o flute_n at_o the_o house_n of_o those_o who_o be_v decease_v mat._n 9_o 23._o for_o this_o music_n be_v use_v before_o the_o dead_a be_v carry_v forth_o to_o burial_n but_o chief_o at_o the_o time_n of_o interment_n that_o this_o custom_n be_v receive_v among_o the_o gentile_n be_v clear_a from_o that_o of_o ovid_n 6._o cantabis_fw-la moestis_fw-la tibia_fw-la funeribus_fw-la and_o