Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the Goyim which ye shall possess served their elohim, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;
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Exodus 34:12Be shomer over thyself, lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz whither thou goest, lest it be for a mokesh (snare) in the midst of thee;
Numbers 33:51Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye are crossing over Yarden into Eretz Kena'an,
Deuteronomy 7:25The peselim of eloheihem shall ye burn with eish; thou shalt not desire the kesef or zahav that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is a to'evah (abomination) to Hashem Eloheicha.
1 Kings 14:23For they also built them + 14:23 idolatrous high places, and matzevot (idol images), and Asherim + 14:23 Canaanite female nature idols on every high hill, and under every thickly foliaged green tree.
2 Kings 17:10And they set up for them matzevot and Asherim on every high hill, under every lushly foliaged green tree;
Psalms 78:58For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, 1 and moved Him to jealousy with their pesilim. 1
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 →