Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree.
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Exodus 34:12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where thou go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee.
Numbers 33:51Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:25Ye shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. Thou shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to thee, lest thou be snared by it, for it is an abomination to LORD thy God.
1 Kings 14:23For they also built for them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:10And they set up for them pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree,
Psalms 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:2-5
Relics of Idolatry to Be Destroyed. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 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: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye… Read the whole commentary →