Deuteronomy 12:2-4

King James Version

²Ye 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:

³And 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.

⁴Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.

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Deuteronomy 12:2-4

New International Version

²Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,^(A) on the hills and under every spreading tree,^(B) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. ³Break down their altars, smash^(C) their sacred stones and burn^(D) their Asherah^(E) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names^(F) from those places.

⁴You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.^(G)

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Deuteronomy 12:2-4

New American Standard Bible

²You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you are going to dispossess serve their gods, on the ^(A)high mountains, on the hills, and under every leafy tree. ³And ^(B)you shall tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones to pieces, and burn their ^[a]Asherim in the fire, and cut to pieces the carved images of their gods; and you shall ^(C)eliminate their name from that place. ⁴You shall not act this way toward the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 12:3 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

5 Moseboken 12:2-4

Svenska Folkbibeln 2015

²Ni ska i grund förstöra alla de platser där de folk som ni fördriver har tillbett sina gudar, på höga berg och höjder eller under lummiga träd. ³^(A) Ni ska bryta ner deras altaren, slå sönder deras stoder och bränna upp deras asherapålar i eld, hugga ner deras avgudabilder och utplåna deras namn från sådana platser. ⁴Ni ska inte tjäna Herren er Gud på deras sätt,

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Deuteronomy 12:2-4

New King James Version

²^(A)You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, ^(B)on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. ³And ^(C)you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their ^[a]wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. ⁴You shall not ^(D)worship the Lord your God with such things.