Exodus 34:13

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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

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כִּי ki for H3588 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 מִזְבְּחֹתָם miz·be·cho·tam altars their H4196 תִּתֹּצוּן ti·to·tzun you will pull down H5422 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 מַצֵּבֹתָם ma·tze·vo·tam sacred pillars their H4676 תְּשַׁבֵּרוּן te·sha·be·run you will break down H7665 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 אֲשֵׁרָיו 'a·she·rav Asherah poles its H842 תִּכְרֹתוּן tikh·ro·tun you will cut down H3772

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–17

The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and they were reminded not with idolaters, and all idolatrous feats; and they were reminded not to repeat the crime of making molten images. Jealously is called the rage of a man, Pr 6:34; but in God it is holy and just displeasure. Those cannot worship God aright, who do not worship him only.

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Deuteronomy 7:5

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Fellowship Jealousy Iconoclasm

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.