EZEKIEL—NOTE ON Ezekiel 36:24 Restoring God’s reputation first requires the renewal of his people. The reference to cleansing by sprinkling clean water on you recalls the cleansing by sprinkling for touching a dead body (Numbers 19:13, Numbers 19:20). This may suggest that the idols of Ezekiel 36:25 are comparable to dead things. Many interpreters see this picture of cleansing by water as the background to Jesus’ words in John 3:5, “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God”; compare the mention of “my Spirit” in Ezekiel 36:27.

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