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Exodus 34:13

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Exodus 34:13 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

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

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

  • But all of you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

11Observe 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.

12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

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