Exodus 34:13
But ye shall destroy their mizbechot, break their matzebot, and cut down their asherah (sacred trees, poles);
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
In Context
14For thou shalt worship no el acher; for Hashem, Whose Shem is Jealous, is El Kanah;
Cross References
Numbers 33:52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, and destroy all their maskiyyot (stone carved statues), and destroy all their tzalmei massekhot and demolish all their [idolatrous] high places;
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.
Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant any tree as an Asherah near unto the Mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha, which thou shalt make thee.
Judges 2:2And ye shall make no brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz HaZot; ye shall throw down their mizbechot. But ye have not obeyed My voice; why have ye done this?
2 Kings 10:27And they demolished the matzevot HaBa'al, and broke down the bais of Ba'al, and made it mokharot (latrines) unto this day.
2 Kings 23:14And he broke in pieces the matzevot, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their makom with the atzmot adam.
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 →