Ezekiel 39:12

In 11 translations

BSB

For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And the house of Israel has buried them—in order to cleanse the land—seven months.

YLT

And the house of Israel have buried them — in order to cleanse the land — seven months.

DBY

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

DRC

And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וּקְבָרוּם֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמַ֖עַן טַהֵ֣ר אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ שִׁבְעָ֖ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατορύξουσιν αὐτοὺς οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ, ἵνα καθαρισθῇ ἡ γῆ ἐν ἑπταμήνῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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…
• 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.

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