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They shall set apart men of continual employment, who shall pass through the land, and, with those who pass through, those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
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A Dedicated Cleansing
Commentators explain that after an initial seven-month burial period, a special group of men would be permanently employed to search the entire land for any remaining bodies. This wasn't a casual effort but a diligent, organized, and long-term project to ensure the land was completely purified from defilement.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Men of continual employment - literally, as margin, that is, men regularly appointed to this business. As the land of Israel figuratively re…
19th Century
Anglican
Men of continual employment. —The word for “continual” is the same as that translated always in Ezekiel 38:8 (see the not…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall sever out men of continual employment That is, the principal of the house of Israel, their magistrate…
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