Genesis 35:4

New Living Translation

So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

Genesis 35:3

We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 35:5

As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob’s family.

Exodus 32:20

He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.

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.

Deuteronomy 7:5

This is what you must do. You must break down their pagan altars and shatter their sacred pillars. Cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols.

Judges 9:6

Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.