Exodus 34:13
King James Version
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
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Exodus 34:13
New King James Version
13 But you shall (A)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (B)cut down their wooden images
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Exodus 34:13
Contemporary English Version
13 (A) Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles[a] they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah.
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- 34.13 sacred poles: Or “trees,” used as symbols of Asherah, the goddess of fertility.
Exodus 34:13-16
The Message
13-16 “Tear down their altars, smash their phallic pillars, chop down their fertility poles. Don’t worship any other god. God—his name is The-Jealous-One—is a jealous God. Be careful that you don’t make a covenant with the people who live in the land and take up with their sex-and-religion life, join them in meals at their altars, marry your sons to their women, women who take up with any convenient god or goddess and will get your sons to do the same thing.
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Exodus 34:13
Common English Bible
13 You must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their sacred poles.
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Exodus 34:13-16
King James Version
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
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Exodus 34:13-16
New King James Version
13 But you shall (A)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (B)cut down their wooden images 14 (for you shall worship (C)no other god, for the Lord, whose (D)name is Jealous, is a (E)jealous God), 15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they (F)play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (G)invites you and you (H)eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (I)his daughters for your sons, and his daughters (J)play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
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Exodus 34:13-16
Contemporary English Version
13 (A) Instead, you must destroy their altars and tear down the sacred poles[a] they use in the worship of the goddess Asherah. 14 I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god! 15 Don't make treaties with the people there, or you will soon find yourselves worshiping their gods and taking part in their sacrificial meals. 16 Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods.
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- 34.13 sacred poles: Or “trees,” used as symbols of Asherah, the goddess of fertility.
Exodus 34:13-16
The Message
13-16 “Tear down their altars, smash their phallic pillars, chop down their fertility poles. Don’t worship any other god. God—his name is The-Jealous-One—is a jealous God. Be careful that you don’t make a covenant with the people who live in the land and take up with their sex-and-religion life, join them in meals at their altars, marry your sons to their women, women who take up with any convenient god or goddess and will get your sons to do the same thing.
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Exodus 34:13-16
Common English Bible
13 You must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stone pillars, and cut down their sacred poles. 14 You must not bow down to another god, because the Lord is passionate: the Lord’s name means “a passionate God.” 15 Don’t make a covenant with those who live in the land. When they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they may invite you and you may end up eating some of the sacrifice. 16 Then you might go and choose their daughters as wives for your sons. And their daughters who prostitute themselves with their gods might lead your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
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