Ezekiel 39:12 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 39:12

For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And seven months - It shall require a long time to bury the dead. This is another figurative expression; which, however, may admit of a good deal of literal meaning. Many of the Syrian soldiers had secreted themselves in different places during the pursuit after the battle, where they died of their wounds, of hunger, and of fatigue; so that they were not all found and buried till seven months after the defeat of the Syrian army.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is an intimation that times of eminent deliverances should be times of reformation. The more God has done for the saving of a land from ruin the more the inhabitants should do for the cleansing of the land from sin.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּקְבָרוּם֙	u.ke.va.Rum	and they will bury them	H6912 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְמַ֖עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
טַהֵ֣ר	ta.Her	to cleanse	H2891 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
שִׁבְעָ֖ה	shiv.'Ah	seven	H7651 →
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃	cho.da.Shim	months	H2320 →

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Deuteronomy 21:23
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
leads to
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- John 19:31
  It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have…
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Leviticus 18:25
  Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
- Numbers 35:33–34
  Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
Through
Numbers 19:16
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean…
leads to
- Matthew 23:27
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Numbers 19:11
  Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 31:19
  All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both…

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel