Deuteronomy 7:5

Verily, thus, shall ye do unto them: Their altars, shall ye tear down, And their pillars, shall ye break in pieces,—And their sacred stems, shall ye hew down, And their carved images, shall ye burn up in the fire.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

In Context

4for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,—so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.

6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:

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Cross References

Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works,—but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.

Exodus 34:13For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver,—And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell.

Deuteronomy 7:25The carved images of their gods, shalt thou consume with fire,—thou shalt not covet the silver and gold upon them to take unto thee, lest thou be ensnared thereby; for the abomination of Yahweh thy God, it is;

Deuteronomy 12:2Ye must utterly destroy, all the places where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods,—Upon the high mountains And upon the hills, And under every green tree;

Deuteronomy 16:22neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar,—which Yahweh thy God, doth hate.

2 Kings 10:26and brought forth the idolatrous pillars that were in the house of Baal, and then burned it;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:2-12

A Caution Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto… Read the whole commentary →

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