“‘The house of Israel
Shall spend
Seven months
Burying them,
In order to cleanse
The land.
All the people
Of the land
Shall bury them.
It will bring them honor
On the day
That I show my glory.’
Says Yahweh God.
‘They will set apart men
To pass through
The land continually.
They will bury
Any invaders who remain
On the face of the land.
It will then be cleansed.
They will make their search.
For seven months.
As the searchers
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.
A city Hamonah
Is there also.
Thus,
They shall cleanse
The land.”
The house of Israel was to spend 7 months burying the men with Gog, so that they could cleanse the land of Israel and its people. These grave diggers would gain honor on the day when Yahweh was going to show his glory. These body searchers would be set apart to pass through the land continually. They would bury any remains they found. Anyone who saw a human bone was to set up a sign by it, until these buriers buried them in the Valley of Hamon-gog or the city Hamonah, next to it. Thus, the land would be cleansed by removing these dead bodies in 7 months.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 