This may have indicated that those people did not seem to merit a decent burial. But what amounted to cremation did not always carry such a meaning.
(‏ یوش ۷ :‏ ۲۵ ؛‏ ۲توا ۳۴ :‏ ۴ ،‏ ۵ )‏ از قرار معلوم ،‏ سوزاندن آن اجساد بدین مفهوم بود که آن اشخاص شایستهٔ خاکسپاری نبودند .‏