Ezekiel 39:12

WEB

¹²“‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.

KJV

¹²And seven^[+] months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

BSB

¹²^[+] For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

FBV

¹²It will take the people of Israel seven months to bury them in order to make the country clean.

Extra References

Deuteronomy 21:23

²³his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.

Ezekiel 39:14

¹⁴“‘“They will set apart men of continual employment who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it. After the end of seven months they will search.

Ezekiel 39:16

¹⁶Hamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.”’

Numbers 19:16

¹⁶“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.