For [a]they will turn your [b]sons away from [c]following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and (A)He will quickly destroy you. But this is what you shall do to them: (B)you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their [d]Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire. For you are (C)a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be (D)a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the [e]earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit he
  2. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit son
  3. Deuteronomy 7:4 Lit after
  4. Deuteronomy 7:5 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
  5. Deuteronomy 7:6 Lit ground

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