Ezekiel 39:12-14

39:12 For seven months Israel ¹  will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. 39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial ²  for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord. 39:14 They will designate men to scout continually ³  through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, ⁴  in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.

[39:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the house of Israel.”

[39:13]  ² tn Heb “name.”

[39:14]  ³ tn Heb “men of perpetuity.”

[39:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and bury the travelers and those who remain on the surface of the ground.” The reference to “travelers” seems odd and is omitted in the LXX. It is probably an accidental duplication (see v. 11).