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Joel 3:21

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For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
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  1. Ezekiel 36:25Rank 1 from verse 21
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

  2. Isaiah 4:4Rank 2 from verse 21
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    4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

  3. Revelation 21:3Rank 3 from verse 21
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    3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  4. Ezekiel 36:29Rank 4 from verse 21
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    29I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

  5. Ezekiel 48:35Rank 5 from verse 21
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    35It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

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Joel 3:21

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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cleanse

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To make clean or pure; to remove filth, defilement, guilt, or ceremonial uncleanness.

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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cleansed

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Made clean or pure; freed from filth, defilement, guilt, disease, or ceremonial uncleanness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

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