Ezekiel 39:12

And seuen moneths long shall the house of Israel be burying of the, that they may clense the land.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

In Context

11And at the same time will I giue vnto Gog a place there for burial in Israel, euen the valley whereby men go towarde the East part of the sea: and it shall cause them that passe by, to stoppe their noses, and there shall they bury Gog with all his multitude: and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-Gog.

13Yea, all the people of the lande shall burie them, and they shall haue a name when I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.

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Cross References

Numbers 19:14This is the law, Whe a man dieth in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes,

Deuteronomy 21:23His body shall not remaine all night vpon the tree, but thou shalt bury him the same day: for the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not therfore thy land which the Lord thy God giueth thee to inherite.

Ezekiel 39:16And also the name of the citie shalbe Hamonah: thus shall they clense the land.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 39:9-23

The Judgment of Gog. ( b. c. 585.) 8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God ; this is the day whereof I have spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire:… Read the whole commentary →

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