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Bible Verses About Polytheism

13 verses

Key Bible Verses

  1. And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

  2. And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

  3. And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

  4. And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old--Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor--and they serve other gods;

  5. and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.'

  6. yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

  7. and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines.

  8. And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

  9. As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

  10. And where are thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For--the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

  11. For--the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And--the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

  12. And at last come up before me hath Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar--according to the name of my god--and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:

  13. for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth--as there are gods many and lords many--