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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 35:4 — 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.
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ear-rings
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These rings were not worn as mere ornaments, but for superstitious purposes; perhaps as amulets or charms, first consecrated to some false god, or formed under some constellation, and stamped with magical characters. Maimonides mentions rings and jewels of this kind, with the image of the sun, moon, etc., impressed upon them; and Augustine describes them (Epist. 73,) as used for this execrable purpose. Exd 32:2-4; Jdg 8:24-27; Hsa 2:13 |
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hid them
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Exd 32:20; Deu 7:5,25; Isa 2:20; Isa 30:22 |
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the oak
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Jos 24:25,26; Jdg 9:6 |
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Exd 32:2 |
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me. |
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Exd 32:3 |
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. |
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Exd 32:4 |
And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. |
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Jdg 8:24 |
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.) |
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Jdg 8:25 |
And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. |
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Jdg 8:26 |
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels' necks. |
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Jdg 8:27 |
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. |
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Hsa 2:13 |
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. |
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Exd 32:20 |
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it]. |
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Deu 7:5 |
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. |
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Deu 7:25 |
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God. |
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Isa 2:20 |
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; |
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Isa 30:22 |
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. |
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Jos 24:25 |
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. |
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Jos 24:26 |
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that [was] by the sanctuary of the LORD. |
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Jdg 9:6 |
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Shechem. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 35:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/35/4.html>.
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