Verse 12

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

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:23 : 23 his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God `is' the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
• Ezek 39:14 : 14 And men for continual employment they separate, passing on through the land, burying with those passing by those who are left on the face of the earth, to cleanse it: at the end of seven months they search.
• Ezek 39:16 : 16 And also the name of the city `is' The multitude; and they have cleansed the land.
• Num 19:16 : 16 `And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;