12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
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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.
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.
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-22)Though this prophecy was to have its accomplishment in the latter days, yet it is here spoken of as if it were already accomplished, because it is certain (Ezek. 39:8): “ Behold it has come, and it is done ; it is as sure to be done when the time shall come as if it were done already; this is the day whereof I have long and often spoken , and, though it has been long in coming, yet at length it ha…
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