en_tn_condensed/ezk/39/12.md

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# 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]])
# 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]])
# bury them
"bury the soldiers of Gog's army"