9 Bible Verses about Foreign Things

Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.

So everyone gave Jacob their idols and their earrings. He buried them under the oak (big) tree near Shechem.

Jehovah alone led his people. No foreign god was with them.

I have revealed it to you. I have saved you, and I have announced it to you. There was no foreign god among you. You are my witnesses that I am God, declares Jehovah.

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner. They put burning coals and incense in it. Then in Jehovah's presence they offered this unauthorized fire.

I have written many rules for them in my Law, but they consider these things strange and foreign.

On that day of Jehovah's sacrifice, said Jehovah, I will punish the officials, the king's sons, and all who practice foreign customs.

I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.

How could we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?