Verse 12

And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:23 : 23 Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
• Ezek 39:14 : 14 And they will put on one side men to do no other work but to go through the land and put in the earth the rest of those who are still on the face of the land, to make it clean: after seven months are ended they are to make a search.
• Ezek 39:16 : 16 And there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.
• Num 19:16 : 16 And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.