Genesis 35:4

Easy To Read Version

So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had. And they gave Jacob all the rings they were wearing in their ears. Jacob buried all these things under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land of Canaan as far as the town of Shechem and then went to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanite people lived in that place at this time.

Genesis 35:3

We will leave here and go to Bethel. In that place, I will build an altar to the God who helped me during my time of trouble. And that God has been with me everywhere I went.”

Genesis 35:5

Jacob and his sons left that place. The people in that area wanted to follow and kill them. But they became very afraid and did not follow Jacob.

Exodus 32:20

Then Moses destroyed the calf that the people had made. He melted it in the fire. Then he ground the gold until it became dust. And he threw the dust in the water. He forced the people of Israel to drink that water.

Isaiah 2:20

At that time, people will throw away their gold and silver idols. (The people made those statues so the people could worship them.) The people will throw those statues into holes in the ground where bats and moles {\cf2\super [26]} live.

Isaiah 30:22

You have statues covered with silver and gold. Those false gods have made you dirty (sinful). But you will stop serving those false gods. You will throw away those gods like waste and dirty rags. {\cf2\super [280]}

Hosea 2:13

“She served the Baals. {\cf2\super [17]} So I will punish her. She burned incense {\cf2\super [18]} to the Baals. She dressed up—she put on her jewelry and nose ring. Then she went to her lovers and forgot me.” The Lord has said this.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues. You must not take that silver or gold for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—{it will ruin your life}. Why? Because the Lord your God hates those idols.

Deuteronomy 7:5

“This is what you must do to those nations: You must smash their altars [41] and break their memorial stones [42] into pieces. Cut down their Asherah poles [43] and burn their statues!

Judges 9:6

Then all of the leaders in Shechem and the house of Millo [79] came together. All those people gathered beside the big tree of the pillar in Shechem and made Abimelech their king.