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Ezekiel 39:12
Ezekiel 39:12 is verse 12 of Ezekiel chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
King James Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
World English Bible
“‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
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Ezekiel 39:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
11 And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
14 And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 39:14And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
Ezekiel 39:16(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.
Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.