Ezekiel 39:12
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
And seuen moneths shall the house of Israel bee burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
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- Deuteronomy 21:23Rank 1 from verse 12
23His 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.
23His body shall not remaine all night vpon 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 giueth thee for an inheritance.
- Ezekiel 39:14Rank 2 from verse 12
14And 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.
14†And they shall seuer out men of continual emploiment, passing through the land, to burie with the passengers those that remaine vpon the face of the earth to clense it: after the end of seuen moneths shall they search.
- Ezekiel 39:16Rank 3 from verse 12
- Numbers 19:16Rank 4 from verse 12
16And 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.
16And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.
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Ezekiel 39:12
Successive measured divisions of the year.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of bury, meaning to place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.
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To make clean or pure; to remove filth, defilement, guilt, or ceremonial uncleanness.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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11¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
11¶ ‖†And it shal come to passe at that day, that I will giue vnto Gog a place there of graues in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the East of the Sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers, and there shall they burie Gog, and all his multitude, and they shal call it, the valley of Hamon-gog.
12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
12And seuen moneths shall the house of Israel bee burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Selected passage13Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
13Yea all the people of the land shall burie them, and it shall be to them a renowne the day that I shall be glorified, saith the LORD God.