Verse 12

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

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:23 : 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
• Ezek 39:14 : 14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
• Ezek 39:16 : 16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
• Num 19:16 : 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.