Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who pass through the land shall pass through; and when any sees a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.
- KJV And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
- BSB As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
- NKJV The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
- NASB As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a human bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the burial detail has buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
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Quick answer
Searchers mark any human bone with a sign so the buriers can inter it. No trace of death is left to defile the land.
Overview
As men traverse the land, anyone spotting a human bone sets up a marker until the designated buriers can carry it to the valley of Hamon Gog. The meticulous care shows that nothing defiling is to remain. This thoroughness in removing every reminder of death foreshadows the day when, in the new creation won by Christ, death itself will be no more.
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- Luke 11:44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
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