Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob [Supplanter] said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign deities that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

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Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

In Context

1God said to Jacob [Supplanter], “Arise, go up to Beth-el [House of God], and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau [Hairy] your brother.”

3Let us arise, and go up to Beth-el [House of God]. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:19Now Laban [White] had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel [Ewe sheep] stole the household deities that were her father’s.

Genesis 34:2Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite [Wicked], the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

Genesis 35:22While Israel [God prevails] lived in that land, Reuben [See, a son!] went and lay with Bilhah [Bashful], his father’s concubine, and Israel [God prevails] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it. Now the sons of Jacob [Supplanter] were twelve.

Exodus 19:14Moses [Drawn out] went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 23:13+ 23:13. Ex 23:13 (#3.192): T. Pay attention to everything Adonai has told you / R. To worship Adonai your God / R. Not to proselytize the children of Israel to worship and serve false deities, that is idolatry “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; + 23:13. Ex 23:13 (#2a.63): T. Not to mention or invoke the name of false deities / R. Not to swear, make an oath, or a vow in the name of false deities and don’t invoke the name of other elohim ·deities· or even let them be sh'ma ·heard obeyed· out of your mouth.

Leviticus 17:16But if he does not wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his depravity (moral evil).’”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:2-6

Jacob Summoned to Bethel; Jacob's Journeys towards Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day… Read the whole commentary →

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