Book Of Mormon Central

In the Old Testament, people were often warned that if they did not repent, they would die and their bodies—instead of being properly buried—would be devoured by wild animals. Such a fate was seen by many ancient peoples not only as a tragedy, as it would be today, but a disgrace and an indication of divine judgment. That judgment would carry over into the afterlife, where a person’s role and identity was thought to be determined and facilitated by where and how their body was buried. Read at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-were-the-unburied-dead-so-troubling-to-the-jaredites