Exodus 34:13 “Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, an…”

Exodus 34:13

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;

American Standard Version

but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

Geneva Bible 1599

But yee shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake their images in pieces, and cut downe their groues,

Darby Translation

but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.

Young's Literal Translation

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

Bible in Basic English

But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

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Cross references

“ye shall”

2 Kings 18:4 Exodus 23:24 Deuteronomy 7:5 Judges 2:2 Judges 6:25 2 Kings 23:14

2 Kings 18:4 · BSB

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to…

Exodus 23:24 · BSB

You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

Deuteronomy 7:5 · BSB

Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

Judges 2:2 · BSB

and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

Judges 6:25 · BSB

On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

2 Kings 23:14 · BSB

He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

Also

Deuteronomy 16:21

Deuteronomy 16:21 · BSB

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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