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Deuteronomy 7:25

You 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.

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ASV

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

KJV

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פְּסִילֵ֥יpe.si.Lei[the] images ofH6456 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּןtis.re.Funyou will burn !H8313 →
בָּאֵ֑שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תַחְמֹד֩tach.Modyou will covetH2530 →
כֶּ֨סֶףKe.sefsilverH3701 →
וְזָהָ֤בve.za.Havand goldH2091 →
עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.Taand you will take [it]H3947 →
לָ֔ךְLakhfor <the> yourself
פֶּ֚ןpenlestH6435 →
תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁti.va.Keshyou should be ensnaredH3369 →
בּ֔וֹboby <the> it
כִּ֧יkiforH3588 →
תוֹעֲבַ֛תto.'a.Vat[is] [the] abomination ofH8441 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
הֽוּא׃Hu'thatH1931 →

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Exodus 32:20Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.Deuteronomy 17:1You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.1 Chronicles 14:12There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.Deuteronomy 12:3Tear 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.Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”Genesis 35:4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Judges 8:24–27Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.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.Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”Deuteronomy 23:18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Genesis 35:2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.Isaiah 31:7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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