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Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

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ASV

and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

KJV

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

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וְנִתַּצְתֶּ֣םve.ni.tatz.Temand you will break downH5422 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מִזְבּחֹתָ֗םmiz.b.cho.Tamaltars theirH4196 →
וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙ve.shi.bar.Temand you will shatterH7665 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔םma.Tze.vo.Tamsacred pillars theirH4676 →
וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙va.'a.she.rei.Hemand Asherah poles theirH842 →
תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּןtis.re.Funyou will burn !H8313 →
בָּאֵ֔שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
וּפְסִילֵ֥יu.fe.si.Leiand [the] images ofH6456 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
תְּגַדֵּע֑וּןte.ga.de.'Unyou will cut down !H1438 →
וְאִבַּדְתֶּ֣םve.'i.bad.Temand you will destroyH6 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמָ֔םshe.Mamname theirH8034 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַהֽוּא׃ha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →

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Numbers 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.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?2 Kings 11:18So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.Psalms 16:4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.Deuteronomy 7:25You 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.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.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.Exodus 23:13Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.2 Kings 18:4He 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 it.Revelation 13:1Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”Hosea 2:17For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.1 Kings 15:13He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.2 Kings 23:14He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.Jeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

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