Ezekiel 39:12
"And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land."
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- 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."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 39:16
"And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land."
Read in chapter → - 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."
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