Genesis 35:2

35:2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. 1  Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 2 

Exodus 19:10

19:10 The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them 3  today and tomorrow, and make them wash 4  their clothes

Exodus 19:15

19:15 He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.” 5 

Joshua 7:13

7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, 6  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 7 

1 tn Heb “which are in your midst.”

2 sn The actions of removing false gods, becoming ritually clean, and changing garments would become necessary steps in Israel when approaching the Lord in worship.

3 tn This verb is a Piel perfect with vav (ו) consecutive; it continues the force of the imperative preceding it. This sanctification would be accomplished by abstaining from things that would make them defiled or unclean, and then by ritual washings and ablutions.

4 tn The form is a perfect 3cpl with a vav (ו) consecutive. It is instructional as well, but now in the third person it is like a jussive, “let them wash, make them wash.”

5 tn Heb “do not go near a woman”; NIV “Abstain from sexual relations.”

6 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

7 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”