Ezekiel 36:24-25

The Lord promised, first, to take the Israelites from all the nations, to re-gather them, and to bring them back into their land (cf. Ezekiel 11:16-17; Ezekiel 20:34; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 37:21). He would then, second, purify His people and cleanse them from all their former uncleanness (cf. Ezekiel 36:17; Ezekiel 11:18; Exodus 12:22; Leviticus 14:4-7; Psalms 51:7; Jeremiah 31:31-34; 1 Corinthians 6:11). Justification, not sanctification, is in view. [Note: Ibid.]

"The new exodus motif occurs ten times in Ezekiel, but it gains increasing prominence in the restoration oracles." [Note: Block, The Book . . . 48, p. 353. Cf. 11:17; 20:34-35; 20:41-42; 28:25; 29:13; 34:13; 36:24; 37:12, 21; 39:27.]