Genesis 35:2

New Living Translation

So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”

Genesis 31:19

At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father’s household idols and took them with her.

Genesis 31:30

I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father’s home. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Genesis 31:34

But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,

Genesis 34:2

But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.

Genesis 35:22

While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:

2 Samuel 7:23

What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.

2 Kings 17:29

But these various groups of foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. In town after town where they lived, they placed their idols at the pagan shrines that the people of Samaria had built.

2 Kings 5:10

But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”

1 Chronicles 16:26

The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!

Job 1:5

When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Exodus 19:10

Then the Lord told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.

Exodus 19:14

So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 23:13

“Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.

Isaiah 52:11

Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the Lord.

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen your adultery and lust, and your disgusting idol worship out in the fields and on the hills. What sorrow awaits you, Jerusalem! How long before you are pure?”

Jeremiah 16:20

Can people make their own gods? These are not real gods at all!”

Jeremiah 5:7

“How can I pardon you? For even your children have turned from me. They have sworn by gods that are not gods at all! I fed my people until they were full. But they thanked me by committing adultery and lining up at the brothels.

Ezekiel 18:31

Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

Ezekiel 20:7

Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, get rid of the vile images you are so obsessed with. Do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt, for I am the Lord your God.’

Ezekiel 36:25

“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.

Daniel 5:4

While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Leviticus 15:5

So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

Leviticus 17:16

But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”

Numbers 31:24

On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to the camp.”

Acts 19:26

But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!

1 Corinthians 10:7

or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.

Galatians 4:8

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.

Deuteronomy 11:28

But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable deeds.

Deuteronomy 5:7

“You must not have any other god but me.

Deuteronomy 6:14

“You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations,

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.

Hebrews 10:22

let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

Joshua 23:7

Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

Joshua 24:14

“So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone.

Joshua 24:15

But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:2

Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.

Joshua 24:20

If you abandon the Lord and serve other gods, he will turn against you and destroy you, even though he has been so good to you.”

Joshua 24:23

“All right then,” Joshua said, “destroy the idols among you, and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Jude 1:23

Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord. And he was grieved by their misery.

Ruth 1:15

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

1 Samuel 16:5

“Yes,” Samuel replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Purify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you want to return to the Lord with all your hearts, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Turn your hearts to the Lord and obey him alone; then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”