Genesis 35:2

New American Bible - revised edition

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him: “Get rid of the foreign gods among you; then purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his children and his household in the future to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord may put into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him.

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban was away shearing his sheep, and Rachel had stolen her father’s household images.

Genesis 31:30

Granted that you had to leave because you were longing for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 31:34

Meanwhile Rachel had taken the household images, put them inside the camel’s saddlebag, and seated herself upon them. When Laban had rummaged through her whole tent without finding them,

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel was encamped in that region, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. When Israel heard of it, he was greatly offended. The sons of Jacob were now twelve.

2 Samuel 7:23

What other nation on earth is there like your people Israel? What god has ever led a nation, redeeming it as his people and making a name by great and awesome deeds, as you drove out the nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?

2 Kings 17:29

Thus each of these nations continued to make its own gods, setting them up in the shrines of the high places the Samarians had made: each nation in the cities in which they dwelt.

2 Kings 5:10

Elisha sent him the message: “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will heal, and you will be clean.”

1 Chronicles 16:26

For the gods of the nations all do nothing, but the Lord made the heavens.

Job 1:5

And when each feast had run its course, Job would send for them and sanctify them, rising early and offering sacrifices for every one of them. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this habitually. The Interview Between the Lord and the Satan.

Psalm 51:2

when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Psalm 51:7

Behold, I was born in guilt, in sin my mother conceived me.

Exodus 19:10

the Lord said to Moses: Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments

Exodus 19:14

Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and had them sanctify themselves, and they washed their garments.

Exodus 23:13

Give heed to all that I have told you. You shall not mention the name of any other god; it shall not be heard from your lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;

Isaiah 52:11

Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean! Out from there! Purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

Jeremiah 13:27

Your adulteries, your neighings, your shameless prostitutions: On the hills, in the fields I see your detestable crimes. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are clean?

Jeremiah 16:20

Can human beings make for themselves gods? But these are not gods at all!

Jeremiah 5:7

Why should I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, they swear by gods that are no gods. I fed them, but they commit adultery; to the prostitute’s house they throng.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Ezekiel 20:7

Then I said to them: Throw away, each of you, the detestable things that held your eyes; do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord, your God.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Daniel 5:4

wine from them, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed shall wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 17:16

If one does not wash his garments and bathe, that person shall bear the penalty.

Numbers 31:24

On the seventh day you will wash your garments, and then you will again be clean. After that you may enter the camp.” Division of the Spoils.

Acts 19:26

As you can now see and hear, not only in Ephesus but throughout most of the province of Asia this Paul has persuaded and misled a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

1 Corinthians 10:7

And do not become idolaters, as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Galatians 4:8

At a time when you did not know God, you became slaves to things that by nature are not gods;

Deuteronomy 11:28

a curse if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, but turn aside from the way I command you today, to go after other gods, whom you do not know.

Deuteronomy 32:16

With strange gods they incited him, with abominations provoked him to anger.

Deuteronomy 5:7

You shall not have other gods beside me.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples—

Deuteronomy 7:25

The images of their gods you shall destroy by fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord, your God.

Hebrews 10:22

let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.

Joshua 23:7

or mingling with these nations that survive among you. You must not invoke their gods by name, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them,

Joshua 24:14

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:2

Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: In times past your ancestors, down to Terah, father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and served other gods.

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, he will then do evil to you and destroy you, after having done you good.”

Joshua 24:23

“Now, therefore, put away the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Jude 1:23

save others by snatching them out of the fire; on others have mercy with fear, abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh. Doxology.

Judges 10:16

And they cast out the foreign gods from their midst and served the Lord, so that he grieved over the misery of Israel.

Ruth 1:15

“See now,” she said, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her god. Go back after your sister-in-law!”

1 Samuel 16:5

He replied: “Yes! I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. So purify yourselves and celebrate with me today.” He also had Jesse and his sons purify themselves and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel addressed the whole house of Israel: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove your foreign gods and your Astartes, fix your hearts on the Lord, and serve him alone, then the Lord will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”