(A)Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess, served their gods upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree.

(B)Also ye shall overthrow their altars, and break down their pillars, and burn their [a]groves with fire: and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and abolish their names out of that place.

Ye shall [b]not do so unto the Lord your God,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:3 Wherein they sacrificed to their idols.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:4 Ye shall not serve the Lord with superstitions.

Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(A) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(B) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. Break down their altars, smash(C) their sacred stones and burn(D) their Asherah(E) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(F) from those places.

You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.(G)

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