12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, (A)in order to cleanse the land. 13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain (B)renown for it on the day that (C)I am glorified,” says the Lord God. 14 “They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of [a]a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order (D)to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.

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  1. Ezekiel 39:14 Lit. those who pass through

12 And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land. 13 All of the people of the land will bury them, and it will be an honor for them on the day when I appear,”’ declares[a] the Lord Yahweh. 14 ʻ“And they will set apart men to continually[b] go through the land burying the travelers,[c] the ones left over on the surface of the land to cleanse it; for the whole of[d] seven months they will explore it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:13 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “men of continuity/men who regularly”
  3. Ezekiel 39:14 In a negative sense = “invaders”
  4. Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “from the end of”