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Literal Standard Version
Ezekiel 39:12
And the house of Israel has buried them—in order to cleanse the land—seven months.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.
The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Hebrew Names Version
Seven months shall the house of Yisra'el be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Seven months shall the house of Yisra'el be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
King James Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
English Standard Version
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
New American Standard Bible
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
New Century Version
"‘The people of Israel will be burying them for seven months to make the land clean again.
"‘The people of Israel will be burying them for seven months to make the land clean again.
Amplified Bible
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And seuen moneths long shall the house of Israel be burying of the, that they may clense the land.
And seuen moneths long shall the house of Israel be burying of the, that they may clense the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Legacy Standard Bible
And for seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
And for seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Berean Standard Bible
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites will spend seven months burying dead bodies and cleaning up their land.
The Israelites will spend seven months burying dead bodies and cleaning up their land.
Complete Jewish Bible
It will take the house of Isra'el seven months to bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
It will take the house of Isra'el seven months to bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
Darby Translation
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
Easy-to-Read Version
It will take seven months for the family of Israel to bury them. They must do this to make the land pure.
It will take seven months for the family of Israel to bury them. They must do this to make the land pure.
George Lamsa Translation
And for seven months the house of Israel shall be busy burying them; and then the land shall be cleansed.
And for seven months the house of Israel shall be busy burying them; and then the land shall be cleansed.
Good News Translation
It will take the Israelites seven months to bury all the corpses and make the land clean again.
It will take the Israelites seven months to bury all the corpses and make the land clean again.
Lexham English Bible
And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
Literal Translation
And the house of Israel shall bury them, in order to cleanse the land, seven months.
And the house of Israel shall bury them, in order to cleanse the land, seven months.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Seuen monethes longe shall the house of Israel be burienge of them, that they maye clense the lode:
Seuen monethes longe shall the house of Israel be burienge of them, that they maye clense the lode:
American Standard Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.
And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
King James Version (1611)
And seuen moneths shall the house of Israel bee burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seuen moneths shall the house of Israel bee burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Seuen monethes long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the lande.
Seuen monethes long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the lande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months.
And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months.
English Revised Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
World English Bible
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the hous of Israel schulen birie hem, that thei clense the lond in seuene monethis.
And the hous of Israel schulen birie hem, that thei clense the lond in seuene monethis.
Update Bible Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
And seven months shall the house of Israel be in burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be in burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
New English Translation
For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
New King James Version
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
New Living Translation
It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land.
It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land.
New Life Bible
It will take the people of Israel seven months to bury the dead and make the land clean again.
It will take the people of Israel seven months to bury the dead and make the land clean again.
New Revised Standard
Seven months the house of Israel shall spend burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
Seven months the house of Israel shall spend burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall the house of Israel bury them hat they may cleanse the land, - seven months;
So shall the house of Israel bury them hat they may cleanse the land, - seven months;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
And the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
Revised Standard Version
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
Young's Literal Translation
And the house of Israel have buried them -- in order to cleanse the land -- seven months.
And the house of Israel have buried them -- in order to cleanse the land -- seven months.
THE MESSAGE
"Israel will bury the corpses in order to clean up the land. It will take them seven months. All the people will turn out to help with the burials. It will be a big day for the people when it's all done and I'm given my due. Men will be hired full-time for the cleanup burial operation and will go through the country looking for defiling, decomposing corpses. At the end of seven months, there'll be an all-out final search. Anyone who sees a bone will mark the place with a stick so the buriers can get it and bury it in the mass burial site, Gog's Mob. (A town nearby is called Mobville, or Hamonah.) That's how they'll clean up the land.
"Israel will bury the corpses in order to clean up the land. It will take them seven months. All the people will turn out to help with the burials. It will be a big day for the people when it's all done and I'm given my due. Men will be hired full-time for the cleanup burial operation and will go through the country looking for defiling, decomposing corpses. At the end of seven months, there'll be an all-out final search. Anyone who sees a bone will mark the place with a stick so the buriers can get it and bury it in the mass burial site, Gog's Mob. (A town nearby is called Mobville, or Hamonah.) That's how they'll clean up the land.
Contextual Overview
8Behold, it has come, and it has been done, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || It [is] the day of which I spoke. 9And those dwelling [in the] cities of Israel have gone out, || And they have burned and kindled [a fire], || With armor, and shield, and buckler, || With bow, and with arrows, || And with hand weapon, and with javelin, || And they have caused a fire to burn seven years with them, 10And they do not take wood out of the field, || Nor do they hew out of the forests, || For they cause the fire to burn with armor, || And they have spoiled their spoilers, || And they have plundered their plunderers, || A declaration of Lord YHWH. 11And it has come to pass in that day, I give a place to Gog there—a grave in Israel, the valley of those passing by, east of the sea, and it is stopping those passing by, and they have buried there Gog, and all his multitude, and have cried, O valley of the multitude of Gog! 12And the house of Israel has buried them—in order to cleanse the land—seven months.13Indeed, all the people of the land have buried them, and it has been to them for a name—the day of My being honored—a declaration of Lord YHWH. 14And they separate men for continual employment, with those passing through, passing on through the land, burying those who are left on the face of the earth, to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they search. 15And those passing by have passed through the land, and seen a bone of man, and one has constructed a sign near it until those burying have buried it in the valley of the multitude of Gog. 16And also the name of the city [is] The Multitude; and they have cleansed the land. 17And you, son of man, thus said Lord YHWH: Say to the bird—every wing, and to every beast of the field: Be assembled and come in, || Be gathered from all around, || For My sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, || A great sacrifice on mountains of Israel, || And you have eaten flesh, and drunk blood.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cleanse: Ezekiel 39:14, Ezekiel 39:16, Numbers 19:16, Deuteronomy 21:23
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:14 - the bones of men Joel 2:20 - his stink
Cross-References
Genesis 39:8
and he refuses and says to his lord's wife, "Behold, my lord has not known what [is] with me in the house, and all that he has he has given into my hand;
and he refuses and says to his lord's wife, "Behold, my lord has not known what [is] with me in the house, and all that he has he has given into my hand;
Genesis 39:10
And it comes to pass at her speaking to Joseph day [by] day, that he has not listened to her, to lie near her, to be with her;
And it comes to pass at her speaking to Joseph day [by] day, that he has not listened to her, to lie near her, to be with her;
Genesis 39:13
And it comes to pass, when she sees that he has left his garment in her hand, and flees outside,
And it comes to pass, when she sees that he has left his garment in her hand, and flees outside,
1 Samuel 15:27
And Samuel turns around to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is torn!
And Samuel turns around to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is torn!
Proverbs 1:15
My son! Do not go in the way with them, || Withhold your foot from their path,
My son! Do not go in the way with them, || Withhold your foot from their path,
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Proverbs 6:5
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, || And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, || And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Do not be led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
2 Timothy 2:22
and flee the youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling on the LORD out of a pure heart;
and flee the youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling on the LORD out of a pure heart;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,.... So long time will the burial of Gog's army take up, because of the multitude of it, and by reason their bones will be scattered here and there; which will require time to gather them together, and bring them to one place: the reason of the burial of them will be, partly out of humanity, which the Christian religion, which will then be embraced by the Jews, teaches and encourages; and partly because of the disagreeable sight and ill smell of the carcasses of the slain, and to prevent the air being infected therewith, which might cause noxious diseases. Jarchi gives the reason of it, because Gog is of the seed of Japheth, who covered his father's nakedness, and therefore worthy of a funeral: but a better reason follows,
that they may cleanse the land: not from ceremonial uncleanness, a place being unclean, by the ceremonial law, where dead carcasses, or the bones of dead men, lay; for the ceremonial law, as it is abrogated, will now be disused by the Jews themselves, when converted; but from natural pollution, before mentioned.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 39:12. And seven months — It shall require a long time to bury the dead. This is another figurative expression; which, however, may admit of a good deal of literal meaning. Many of the Syrian soldiers had secreted themselves in different places during the pursuit after the battle, where they died of their wounds, of hunger, and of fatigue; so that they were not all found and buried till seven months after the defeat of the Syrian army. This slow process of burying is distinctly related in the three following verses, and extended even to a bone, Ezekiel 39:15; which, when it was found by a passenger, the place was marked, that the buriers might see and inter it. Seven months was little time enough for all this work; and in that country putrescency does not easily take place: the scorching winds serving to desiccate the flesh, and preserve it from decomposition.
