Ezekiel 39:12
What does Ezekiel 39:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 39:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the house of Israel have buried them--in order to cleanse the land--seven months.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
Context
v.11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
v.12This passage
v.13Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:23
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- Ezekiel 39:16
And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
- Numbers 19:16
And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
- Ezekiel 39:14
And they shall set apart men of continual employment, that shall pass through the land, and, with them that pass through, those that bury them that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
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