“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:”
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him: get rid of the foreign gods you have among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. The household purification before the journey to Bethel is the preparatory act of covenant renewal: foreign gods removed, ritual purification, clean clothes. The application: the return to the place of covenant encounter requires the removal of everything that has accumulated since the last encounter. Foreign gods, ritual impurity, old clothes — all of it must go.
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