Deuteronomy 12:2

Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

1These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth.

3Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:12Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin:

Numbers 33:51Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Chanaan,

Deuteronomy 7:25Their graven things thou shalt burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver and gold of which they are made, neither shalt thou take to thee any thing thereof, lest thou offend, because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

1 Kings 14:23For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves upon every high hill and under every green tree:

2 Kings 17:10And they made them statues and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree:

Psalms 78:58They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

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 →

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