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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 35:2

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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35:2-4 Jacob had vowed wholehearted devotion to the Lord (28:20-22); establishing this required that his family remove all pagan idols and cease their devotion to other gods. God permits no rivals; only the Lord was to be their God (cp. Josh 5:1-9).
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