Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 39:14

14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth to cleanse it: after the end of seven moneths shall they search.

The Rulers in Israel.

Choose out men who shall make it their work.

To go up and down over the whole Land, for many of Gogs wounded, flying Souldiers died in Thickets, and by corners into which they crept, when they could go no farther.

Whose assistance they would desire of courtesie, or command by order, and that with reason, all this care and labour for burying the dead tending to their good, that they might unoffended travel whether they were going.

Unburied by the publick labour of the house of Israel during the seven moneths.

A legal cleansing, if refered to Antio[illegible: 1 letter]hus Epiphanes times, but not so with those, that refer it to a season not yet come; for all legal Ceremonies are ended, when Gog's Army shall be destroyed and buried, the Land shall be cleansed from the ste[illegible: 1 letter]ch and noisomness of these Carcasses.

These Officers begin their work after the first seven moneths are expired, for during the seven months there would be work for all of them to bury the dead, and slain of Gog's Army.

Marginal references: Heb. men of continuance.