2 Chronicles 34:5
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5 He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.(A)
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2 Chronicles 34:5
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5 He burned(A) the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.
1 Kings 13:2
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2 And he cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: A son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.”(A)
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1 Kings 13:2
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2 By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah(A) will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places(B) who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’”
Ezekiel 22:24
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24 Mortal, say to it: You are a land that is not cleansed, not rained upon in the day of indignation.
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Ezekiel 22:24
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24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’(A)
Jeremiah 8:1-2
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8 At that time, says the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs,(A) 2 and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have followed, and which they have inquired of and worshiped, and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be like dung on the surface of the ground.(B)
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Jeremiah 8:1-2
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8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(B) from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(F)
Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness
so that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil schemes
lodge within you?(A)
Jeremiah 4:14
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Jeremiah 3:10
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10 Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart but only in pretense, says the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 3:10
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10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(A) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(B)” declares the Lord.(C)
2 Chronicles 34:7
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7 he broke down the altars, beat the sacred poles[a] and the images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.(A)
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- 34.7 Or Asherahs
2 Chronicles 34:7
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7 he tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder(A) and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 23:20
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20 He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.(A)
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2 Kings 23:20
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20 Josiah slaughtered(A) all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones(B) on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 23:16
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16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount, and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival; he turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God who had proclaimed these things.[a](A)
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- 23.16 Gk: Heb proclaimed, who had proclaimed these things
2 Kings 23:16
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16 Then Josiah(A) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(B) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.
Numbers 35:33
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33 You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.(A)
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Numbers 35:33
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33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(A) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
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