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Deuteronomy 12:2

Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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ASV

Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

KJV

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַבֵּ֣ד'a.Bedcertainly <destroy>H6 →
תְּ֠אַבְּדוּןTe.'a.be.dunyou will destroy !H6 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַמְּקֹמ֞וֹתha.me.ko.Motthe placesH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
עָֽבְדוּ־'a.ve.du-they have servedH5647 →
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033 →
הַגּוֹיִ֗םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhomH834 →
אַתֶּ֛ם'a.TemyouH859 →
יֹרְשִׁ֥יםyo.re.Shim[are] about to dispossessH3423 →
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הֶהָרִ֤יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
הָֽרָמִים֙ha.ra.Mim<the> highH7311 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
הַגְּבָע֔וֹתha.ge.va.'otthe hillsH1389 →
וְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatand underH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵ֥ץ'etztreeH6086 →
רַעֲנָן׃ra.'a.nanluxuriantH7488 →

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Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, 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.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Numbers 33:51–52“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.2 Kings 17:10–11They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Exodus 34:12–17Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.Deuteronomy 7:25–26You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 3:6Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.Ezekiel 20:28–29When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.Numbers 22:41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.2 Kings 23:13The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Exodus 23:24You 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.Hosea 4:13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.Judges 2:2and 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?

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