Exodus 34:13
But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
In Context
14for thou shall worship no other god. For LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Cross References
Numbers 33:52then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
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.
Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shall not plant for thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of LORD thy God, which thou shall make for thee.
Judges 2:2And ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. Ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened to my voice. Why have ye done this?
2 Kings 10:27And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it an out-house to this day.
2 Kings 23:14And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:11-18
A Caution Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1491.) 10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to… Read the whole commentary →