²⁹ When the people realized that Aaron had died, all Israel mourned for him thirty days.

⁸ The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.

² (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.)

²⁴ So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot and placed him in another chariot. Then they brought him back to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried there in the royal cemetery. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him. ²⁵ The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.