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14 They will set apart men to pass through the land regularly and bury any invaders[a] who remain on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it; for seven months they shall make their search. 15 As the searchers[b] pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone shall set up a sign by it, until the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.[c] 16 (A city Hamonah[d] is there also.) Thus they shall cleanse the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:14 Heb travellers
  2. Ezekiel 39:15 Heb travellers
  3. Ezekiel 39:15 That is, the Horde of Gog
  4. Ezekiel 39:16 That is The Horde

14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[a] And so they will cleanse the land.’

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  1. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.