Verse 12

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 21:23 : 23 you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  • Ezek 39:14 : 14 They will appoint men to continually pass through the land to bury the bodies of the remaining travelers who are still on the surface of the land, in order to cleanse it. At the end of the seven months, they will begin their search.
  • Ezek 39:16 : 16 And there will also be a city named Hamonah. And they will cleanse the land.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.