Genesis 35:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So Jacob told his family and all the other people with him, “Destroy all these foreign gods that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.

Cross References

Exodus 19:14

So Moses climbed down the mountain and went to the people. He got them ready for the special meeting and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. They must wash their clothes

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

Hebrews 10:22

Sprinkled with the blood of Christ, our hearts have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere heart, full of confidence because of our faith in Christ.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw away all the terrible idols with which you committed your crimes! Change your heart and spirit. People of Israel, why should you do things that will cost you your life?

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth, the filth from those nasty idols, and I will make you pure.

Joshua 24:23

Then Joshua said, “So throw away the false gods that you have among you. Love the Lord, the God of Israel, with all your heart.”

Joshua 24:15

“But maybe you don’t want to serve the Lord. You must choose for yourselves today. Today you must decide who you will serve. Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River? Or will you serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land? You must choose for yourselves. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Genesis 18:19

I have made a special agreement with him. I did this so that he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to. I did this so that they would live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, can give him what I promised.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

1 Samuel 7:3

Samuel told the Israelites, “If you are really coming back to the Lord with all your heart, you must throw away your foreign gods and your idols of Ashtoreth. You must give yourselves fully to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will save you from the Philistines.”

Deuteronomy 32:16

They made him jealous by worshiping other gods. They made him angry with those disgusting idols.

Genesis 31:34

Rachel had hidden the gods inside her camel’s saddle, and she was sitting on them. Laban looked through the whole tent, but he did not find the gods.

Genesis 31:19

While Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep, Rachel went into his house and stole the false gods that belonged to her father.

Jude 1:23

Rescue those who are living in danger of hell’s fire. There are others you should treat with mercy, but be very careful that their filthy lives don’t rub off on you.

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.

1 Corinthians 10:7

Don’t worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people sat down to eat and drink and then got up to have a wild party.”

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing. Listen to what he is saying. He has convinced many people in Ephesus and all over Asia to change their religion. He says the gods that people make by hand are not real.

Daniel 5:4

As they were drinking, they gave praise to their idol gods, which were only statues made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Ezekiel 20:7

“‘I told the family of Israel to throw away their horrible idols. I told them not to become filthy with those filthy statues from Egypt. I said, “I am the Lord your God.”

Jeremiah 16:20

Can people make real gods for themselves? No, they can only make statues that are not really gods.”

Jeremiah 13:27

I saw the terrible things you did. I saw you laughing and having sex with your lovers. I know about your plans to be like a prostitute. I have seen you on the hills and in the fields. It will be very bad for you, Jerusalem. How long will you continue doing your dirty sins?”

Jeremiah 5:7

God says, “People of Judah, why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned me. They made promises to idols that are not really gods! I gave your children everything they needed, but they were still unfaithful to me! They spent their time with prostitutes.

Isaiah 52:11

So leave Babylon! Leave that place! Priests, you carry the things that belong to the Lord. So make yourselves pure. Don’t touch anything that is not pure.

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Stop doing the evil things I see you do. Stop doing wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be very careful when you go to worship God. It is better to listen to God than to give sacrifices like fools. Fools often do bad things, and they don’t even know it.

Psalm 51:7

Remove my sin and make me pure. Wash me until I am whiter than snow!

Psalm 51:2

Scrub away my guilt. Wash me clean from my sin.

Job 1:5

The day after each of these parties, Job got up early in the morning, sent for his children, and offered a burnt offering for each of them. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so that his children would be forgiven of their sins.

1 Chronicles 16:26

All the “gods” in other nations are nothing but statues, but the Lord made the heavens!

2 Kings 17:29

But all those people made gods of their own. They put them in the temples at the high places that the people of Samaria had made. They did this wherever they lived.

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent a messenger to Naaman who said, “Go and wash in the Jordan River seven times. Then your skin will be healed, and you will be pure and clean.”

2 Samuel 7:23

“And there is no nation on earth like your people, Israel. They are a special people. They were slaves, but you took them out of Egypt and made them free. You made them your people. You did great and wonderful things for the Israelites and for your land.

Ruth 1:15

Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. You should do the same.”

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods and began to worship the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw them suffering.

Joshua 24:20

If you leave the Lord and serve other gods, he will cause terrible things to happen to you. He will destroy you. He has been good to you, but if you turn against him he will destroy you.”

Joshua 24:2

Then Joshua spoke to all the people. He said, “I am telling you what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you: ‘A long time ago, your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River. I am talking about men like Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor. At that time they worshiped other gods.

Joshua 23:7

That’s why you must not make friends with the people of other nations who still live among you. You must not serve or worship their gods. Don’t even mention the names of their gods when you pray or make an oath.

Deuteronomy 11:28

But you will get the curse if you refuse to listen and obey the commands of the Lord your God. So don’t stop living the way I command you today, and don’t follow other gods that you don’t know.

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 for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—it will ruin your life. The Lord your God hates those idols.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You must not follow other gods. You must not follow the gods of the people who live around you.

Deuteronomy 5:7

‘You must not worship any other gods except me.

Numbers 31:24

On the seventh day you must wash all of your clothes. Then you will be pure. After that you can come into camp.”

Leviticus 17:16

If you don’t wash your clothes and bathe your whole body, you will be responsible for your guilt.”

Leviticus 15:5

If you touch that bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe in water. You will be unclean until evening.

Exodus 23:13

“Be sure that you obey all these laws. Don’t worship false gods. You should not even speak their names!

Genesis 35:22

Israel stayed there for a short time. While he was there, Reuben slept with Israel’s slave woman Bilhah. Israel heard about this, and he was very angry. These are the names of Jacob’s twelve sons:

Genesis 34:2

She was seen by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area. Shechem took Dinah and raped her.

Genesis 31:30

I know that you want to go back to your home. That is why you left. But why did you steal the gods from my house?”

1 Samuel 16:5

Samuel answered, “Yes, I come in peace. I come to make a sacrifice to the Lord. Prepare yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Samuel prepared Jesse and his sons. Then he invited them to come and share the sacrifice.

Joshua 24:14

Then Joshua said to the people, “Now you have heard the Lord’s words. So you must respect the Lord and sincerely serve him. Throw away the false gods that your ancestors worshiped. That was something that happened a long time ago on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Now you must serve only the Lord.