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Genesis 35:4

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Repentance

2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6 So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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BSB
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
KJV
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
WEB
They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
ASV
And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
DARBY
And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.
BLB
And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that [were] in their hands, and the rings that [were] in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak that [was] by Shechem.
ÅB
Da lot de Jakob få alle de fremmede guder som de hadde hos seg, og ringene som de hadde i sine ører; og Jakob gravde dem ned under terebinten ved Sikem.
OTB
De overga til Jakob alle de fremmede gudene de hadde, og ringene i ørene sine, og Jakob gravde dem ned under eika ved Sikem.
B1930
Da lot de Jakob få alle de fremmede guder som de hadde hos sig, og ringene som de hadde i sine ører; og Jakob gravde dem ned under terebinten ved Sikem.

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  • Judges 9:6

    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

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  • Isaiah 30:22

    So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

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  • Exodus 32:20

    Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

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  • Judges 8:24–27

    Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

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  • Exodus 32:2–4

    So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”

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  • Deuteronomy 7:25

    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

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  • Isaiah 2:20

    In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

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  • Hosea 2:13

    I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

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