- ye shall:
- "Thou shalt not¹ bow downª° to their gods,ª nor¹ serveª° them, nor¹ doª° after their works:ª but¹ thou shalt utterly²° overthrowª° them, and quite²° break downª° their images.ª" {Exd 23:24} + "But¹¹ thus¹ shall ye dealª° with them; ye shall destroyª° their altars,ª and break downª° their images,ª and cut downª° their groves,ª and burnª° their graven imagesª with fire.ª" {Deu 7:5} + "The graven imagesª of their godsª shall ye burnª° with fire:ª thou shalt not¹ desireª° the silverª or goldª [that is] on¹ them, nor takeª° [it] unto thee, lest¹ thou be snaredª° therein: for¹ it¹ [is] an abominationª to the LORDª thy God.ª ... Neither¹ shalt thou bringª° an abominationª into¹ thine house,ª lest thou be¹ a cursed thingª like it:¹ [but] thou shalt utterly²° detestª° it, and thou shalt utterly²° abhorª° it; for¹ it¹ [is] a cursed thing.ª" {Deu 7:25-26} + "Ye shall utterlyª° destroyª°¹ all¹ the places,ª wherein¹¹ the nationsª whichª¹ ye¹ shall possessª° servedª°¹ their gods,ª upon¹ the highª° mountains,ª and upon¹ the hills,ª and under¹ every¹ greenª tree:ª ... And ye shall overthrowª°¹ their altars,ª and breakª°¹ their pillars,ª and burnª° their grovesª with fire;ª and ye shall hew downª° the graven imagesª of their gods,ª and destroyª°¹ the namesª of them out of¹ that¹ place.ª" {Deu 12:2-3} + "And ye¹ shall makeª° no¹ leagueª with the inhabitantsª° of this¹ land;ª ye shall throw downª° their altars:ª but ye have not¹ obeyedª° my voice:ª why¹ have ye doneª° this?¹" {Jdg 2:2} + "And it came to pass¹ the same¹ night,ª that the LORDª saidª° unto him, Takeª°¹ thy father'sª young² bullock,ª¹ even the secondª bullockª of sevenª years¹ old,² and throw downª°¹ the altarª of Baalª that¹ thy fatherª hath, and cut downª° the groveª that¹ [is] by¹ it:" {Jdg 6:25} + "He¹ removedª°¹ the high places,ª and brakeª°¹ the images,ª and cut downª°¹ the groves,ª and brake in piecesª° the brasenª serpentª that¹ Mosesª had made:ª° for¹ unto¹ those¹ daysª the childrenª of Israelª did¹ burn incenseª° to it: and he calledª° it Nehushtan.ª" {2Kg 18:4} + "And he brake in piecesª°¹ the images,ª and cut downª°¹ the groves,ª and filledª°¹ their placesª with the bonesª of men.ª" {2Kg 23:14} + "Now when all¹ this¹ was finished,ª° all¹ Israelª that were presentª° went outª° to the citiesª of Judah,ª and brake²° the images² in pieces,ª°¹ and cut downª° the groves,ª and threw downª°¹ the high placesª and the altarsª out of all¹¹ Judahª and Benjamin,ª in Ephraimª also and Manasseh,ª until¹ they had utterly destroyedª° them all. Then all¹ the childrenª of Israelª returned,ª° every manª to his possession,ª into their own cities.ª" {2Ch 31:1} + "For in the eighthª yearª of his reign,ª° while he¹ was yet¹ young,ª he beganª° to seekª° after the Godª of Davidª his father:ª and in the twelfthªª yearª he beganª° to purgeª°¹ Judahª and Jerusalemª from¹ the high places,ª and the groves,ª and the carved images,ª and the molten images.ª ... And they brake downª°¹ the altarsª of Baalimª in his presence;ª and the images,ª that¹ [were] on high¹ above¹¹ them,² he cut down;ª° and the groves,ª and the carved images,ª and the molten images,ª he brake in pieces,ª° and made dustª° [of them], and strowedª° [it] uponª¹ the gravesª of them that had sacrificedª° unto them." {2Ch 34:3-4}
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