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# Connecting Statement:
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Yahweh continues to tell Ezekiel what will happen to Gog.
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# through the land
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"through the land of Israel"
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# those who were traveling through, but who died and their bodies remained on the surface of the land
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This refers to the dead bodies of Gog's soldiers whom Yahweh killed as they entered the land.
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# so that they may bury them
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"so that the designated men may bury the dead bodies"
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# to cleanse the land
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In Jewish law, a dead body defiled anything it touched and made it "unclean." Burying these bodies is spoken of as cleansing or purifying the land. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# seventh month
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This "seventh" is the ordinal number for seven. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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