Genesis 35:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Genesis 31:19

Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.

Genesis 31:30

And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

Genesis 34:2

and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.

Genesis 35:22

While Israel dwelt in that land Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

2 Samuel 7:23

What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and its gods?

2 Kings 17:29

But every nation still made gods of its own, and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they dwelt;

2 Kings 5:10

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the Lord made the heavens.

Job 1:5

And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Exodus 19:14

So Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.

Exodus 23:13

Take heed to all that I have said to you; and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let such be heard out of your mouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,

Isaiah 52:11

Depart, depart, go out thence, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her, purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd harlotries, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?”

Jeremiah 16:20

Can man make for himself gods? Such are no gods!”

Jeremiah 5:7

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 20:7

And I said to them, Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Daniel 5:4

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Leviticus 15:5

And any one who touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 17:16

But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity.”

Numbers 31:24

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp.”

Acts 19:26

And you see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost throughout all Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable company of people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.

1 Corinthians 10:7

Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

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

Galatians 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods;

Deuteronomy 11:28

and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which you have not known.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominable practices they provoked him to anger.

Deuteronomy 5:7

“ ‘You shall have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;

Deuteronomy 7:25

The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, or 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 draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with 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 men of double mind.

Joshua 23:7

that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down yourselves to them,

Joshua 24:14

“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Joshua 24:15

And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.”

Joshua 24:23

He said, “Then put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Jude 1:23

save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Judges 10:16

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and he became indignant over the misery of Israel.

Ruth 1:15

And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

1 Samuel 16:5

And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord; consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”