"Nowyou have indeedgoneaway becauseyou longedgreatlyfor your father'shouse;[but] whydid you stealmy gods?"
When Labanhad goneto shearhis flock,then Rachelstolethe householdidolsthat were her father's.
Then Jacobrepliedto Laban,"BecauseI was afraid,for I thoughtthat you would takeyour daughtersfrom me by force.
So Jacobsaidto his householdand to allwhowere with him, "Putawaythe foreigngodswhichare amongyou, and purifyyourselves and changeyour garments;
They abandonedtheir idolsthere,so Davidand his mencarriedthem away.
For I will gothroughthe landof Egypton that night,and will strikedownallthe firstbornin the landof Egypt,bothmanand beast;and against allthe godsof EgyptI will executejudgments--I am the LORD.
and have casttheir godsinto the fire,for they were not godsbut the workof men'shands,woodand stone.So they have destroyedthem.
Thusyou shall sayto them, "The godsthat did not makethe heavensand the earthwill perishfrom the earthand from underthe heavens."
"And I shall setfireto the templesof the godsof Egypt,and he will burnthem and takethem captive.So he will wraphimselfwith the landof Egyptas a shepherdwrapshimselfwith his garment,and he will departfrom theresafely.
"For the kingof Babylonstandsat the partingof the way,at the headof the twoways,to usedivination;he shakesthe arrows,he consultsthe householdidols,he looksat the liver.
But he saidto him, "I will not come,but ratherwill goto my [own] landand relatives."
while the Egyptianswere buryingalltheir firstbornwhomthe LORDhad struckdownamong them. The LORDhad also executedjudgmentson their gods.
Joshuasaidto allthe people,"Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,'From ancienttimesyour fatherslivedbeyondthe River,[namely], Terah,the fatherof Abrahamand the fatherof Nahor,and they servedothergods.
Now the fivemenwho wentto spyout the landwentup [and] enteredthere,[and] tookthe gravenimageand the ephodand householdidolsand the moltenimage,while the prieststoodby the entranceof the gatewith the sixhundredmenarmedwith weaponsof war.
He said,"You have takenaway my godswhichI made,and the priest,and have goneaway, and whatdo I have besides?So howcan you sayto me, 'Whatis [the matter] with you?'"
But Joashsaidto allwhostoodagainsthim, "Will you contendfor Baal,orwill you deliverhim? Whoeverwill pleadfor him shall be putto deathby morning.Ifhe is a god,let him contendfor himself, becausesomeone has torndownhis altar."
