From b43db9c1a164bdae1aa4eefc651aebb55dd5862a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:18:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update ezk/39/12.md --- ezk/39/12.md | 15 +++------------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/ezk/39/12.md b/ezk/39/12.md index 5c497e3ff6..3b010023f9 100644 --- a/ezk/39/12.md +++ b/ezk/39/12.md @@ -1,20 +1,11 @@ -# Connecting Statement: - -Yahweh continues to tell Ezekiel what will happen to Gog. - -# seven months - -"7 months." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"the Israelites" or "the Israelite people group". See Ezekiel 3:1. # 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/jit/figs-explicit]]) +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. # bury them -"bury the soldiers of Gog's army" - +"bury the soldiers of Gog's army" \ No newline at end of file