unfoldingWord_en_tn/ezk/39/12.md

# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to tell Ezekiel what will happen to Gog.

# seven months

"7 months." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# the house of Israel

The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/01.md). Alternate translation: "the Israelites" or "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# will bury them in order to purify the land

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]])

# bury them

"bury the soldiers of Gog's army"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Yahweh continues to tell Ezekiel what will happen to Gog.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# seven months`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"7 months." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the house of Israel`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:1](../03/01.md). Alternate translation: "the Israelites" or "the Israelite people group" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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			`# will bury them in order to purify the land`

			`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]])`

			`# bury them`

			`"bury the soldiers of Gog's army"`