Deuteronomy 12:2

You will surely destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess worshiped their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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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 statutes and the decrees that you will keep in the land that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.

3You must break down their altars, dash in pieces their stone pillars, and burn their Asherah poles. You must cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a trap among you.

Numbers 33:51“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Deuteronomy 7:25You will burn the carved figures of their gods—do not covet the silver or the gold that covers them and take it for yourself, because if you do, you will become trapped by it—for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:10They also set up stone pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

Psalms 78:58For they made him angry with their high places 1 and provoked him to jealous anger with their idols. 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 →

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