Ezekiel 39:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

Ezekiel 39:12 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:23
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.
Ezekiel 39:14
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.
Ezekiel 39:16
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
Numbers 19:16
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.

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 has…