Exodus 34:13

But their altars thou shalt destroy, and their statues break, and their groves cut down;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

In Context

12Beware lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land upon which thou shalt enter, lest it become a stumbling-block in the midst of thee:

14For thou shalt not worship the idols of the peoples; for the Lord, Zealous is His Name, a zealous God is He.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:52You shall cast out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, demolish all the houses of their worship, destroy all their molten images, and lay waste all their high places.

Deuteronomy 7:25The images of their idols thou shalt burn with fire; thou shalt not desire the silver or the gold upon them, nor take (it) to thyself, lest thou offend through it, for it is an abomination before the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove, nor any tree beside the altar of the Lord thy God that thou makest thee,

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 →

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