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# go up to Bethel
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The phrase "go up" is used because Bethel is higher in elevation than Shechem.
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# Build an altar there to God
God speaks about himself in the third person. AT: "Build an altar there to me, your God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# said to his household
"said to his family"
# Put away the foreign gods that are among you
"Throw away your idols" or "Get rid of your false gods"
# purify yourselves, and change your clothes
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This was the custom of cleansing oneself morally and physically before going to worship God.
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# change your clothes
Putting on a new clothes was a sign that they had made themselves clean before approaching God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# in the day of my distress
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"in the time of my distress" or "when I was in trouble"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bethel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/altar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/esau]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/household]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/purify]]
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