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  1. Sevenses<\/em>. Seven types of weapons will be used by the Gog\u2019s fighters (count them in verse 9). Those weapons, which will fall to the Israelites as spoils of war, will be used by them for firewood for seven years (ibid), and for seven months they will bury the fallen. Seven in the Bible is more than a number – it symbolizes perfection, the completion of a set or a cycle.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Your arms shall be thrown into the fires<\/em>. Converting the military use of weapons to a more civilian purpose is reminiscent of Isaiah\u2019s vision of peace: \u201cYou shall beat your swords into plowshares, and your spears into pruning hooks.\u201d If all the weapons may be burnt, this is a sign that \u201cnation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore\u201d (Isaiah 2).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Impurity, purity and the priesthood.<\/em> The mass burial of Gog\u2019s warriors is not in honor of their dignity, but to purify the land. Matters of ritual purity are close to Ezekiel\u2019s heart, the priestly prophet. In the prophecies in the coming chapters we will encounter more connections to Ezekiel\u2019s priestly CV.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The battle for the mind<\/em>. What\u2019s the connection between ritual purity and the war with Gog? Commentators and scholars have some interesting ideas. 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