Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months in order to purify the land.
New American Standard Bible
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to
King James Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Holman Bible
The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.
A Conservative Version
And the house of Israel shall be burying them seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
American Standard Version
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Amplified
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel will be seven months putting them in the earth, so as to make the land clean.
Darby Translation
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
Julia Smith Translation
And the house of Israel buried them to cleanse the land seven months.
King James 2000
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.
Modern King James verseion
And the house of Israel shall bury them, to cleanse the land, seven months.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Seven months long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
NET Bible
For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.
New Heart English Bible
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall the house of Israel bury them hat they may cleanse the land, - seven months;
Webster
And seven months shall the house of Israel be in burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
World English Bible
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the house of Israel have buried them -- in order to cleanse the land -- seven months.
Themes
Burial » Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 39:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Destruction Of Gog And His Hordes
11 "When all of this happens, I'm going to set aside a grave site for Gog in Israel's Traveler's Valley, near the approach to the Dead Sea. She will block off everyone who tries to bypass it. There they will bury Gog, and rename the area "Valley of Gog's Gang'. 12 The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months in order to purify the land. 13 Everyone in the land will be involved in the burials, and this will serve as a reminder for them that I have glorified myself," declares the Lord GOD.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:23
his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don't defile your land that the LORD is about to give you as your inheritance."
Ezekiel 39:14
"Men will be assigned to travel continuously throughout the land, exploring for seven full months as they go about burying the bodies that remain from the battle on the surface of the ground, so that the land may be sterilized.
Ezekiel 39:16
They'll also name the city that is there "Hamonah,' as they purify the land."
Numbers 19:16
Whoever is out in an open field and touches the body of someone who was killed by a sword, or a dead body, or someone's bones, or a grave, he is to be considered unclean for seven days.