They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, ¹  or the body of someone who died of natural causes, ²  or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. ³ 

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines ¹  with human bones.

ח (Khet) Now their appearance ¹  is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

The hand ¹  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed ²  me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.”

You ¹  devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot ²  – like meat in a kettle.

When I refused to confess my sin, ¹  my whole body wasted away, ²  while I groaned in pain all day long.

A bright look ¹  brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body. ² 

Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, “God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Have mercy on me, ¹  Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking! ² 

My strength drains away like water; ¹  all my bones are dislocated; my heart ²  is like wax; it melts away inside me.

A noble wife ¹  is the crown ²  of her husband, but the wife ³  who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. ⁴ 

Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! ¹  Touch me and see; a ghost ²  does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.”

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, ¹  and he will no doubt ²  curse you to your face!”

For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. ¹  My strength fails me because of ²  my sin, and my bones become brittle. ³ 

My whole body is sick because of your judgment; ¹  I am deprived of health because of my sin. ² 

He made cursing a way of life, ¹  so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. ²