א אֵין מְפַנִּין הַמֵּת וְהָעֲצָמוֹת, לֹא מִקֶּבֶר מְכֻבָּד לְקֶבֶר מְכֻבָּד, וְלֹא מִקֶּבֶר בָּזוּי לְקֶבֶר בָּזוּי, וְלֹא מִבָּזוּי לִמְכֻבָּד, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר מִמְּכֻבָּד לְבָזוּי. וּבְתוֹךְ שֶׁלּוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ מִמְּכֻבָּד לְבָזוּי, מֻתָּר, שֶׁעָרֵב לְאָדָם שֶׁיְּהֵא נָח אֵצֶל אֲבוֹתָיו. וְכֵן כְּדֵי לְקָבְרוֹ בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, מֻתָּר. וְאִם נְתָנוּהוּ שָׁם עַל מְנַת לְפַנּוֹתוֹ, מֻתָּר בְּכָל עִנְיָן. וְאִם אֵינוֹ מִשְׁתַּמֵּר בְּזֶה הַקֶּבֶר, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא יוֹצִיאוּהוּ עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים, אוֹ שֶׁיִּכָּנְסוּ בּוֹ מַיִם, אוֹ שֶׁהוּא קֶבֶר הַנִּמְצָא, מִצְוָה לְפַנּוֹתוֹ. יֵשׁ נוֹהֲגִין לָתֵת מֵעֲפַר אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּקֶּבֶר (אוֹר זָרוּעַ), וְיֵשׁ לְמִנְהָג זֶה עַל מַה שֶּׁיִּסְמֹכוּ (מִדְרָשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא פ' וַיְחִי).
1 One should not remove a corpse and bones from a dignified grave to [another] dignified grave, nor from an undignified grave to [another] undignified grave, nor from an undignified one to a dignified one, and needless to say [that it is forbidden] from a dignified one to an undignified one. And [to remove a corpse] into his own, even from a dignified [grave] to an undignified one, is permissible, for it is pleasant for a man that he rest beside his ancestors. And likewise, in order to bury him in the Land of Israel, it is permissible [to remove him]. If they placed him there [originally] with the intention that he be removed [later], it is permissible under all conditions. If he is not safe in this grave, for there is apprehension that heathens may take him out, or that water may enter therein, or that it is a grave that has been found, it is a religious duty to remove him [therefrom]. Some are wont to place some earth from the Land of Israel in the grave; ( and this custom has a basis).