17. Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.
18. So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.
19. And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?