Numbers 33:52
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52 (A)then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their [a]high places;
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- Numbers 33:52 Places for pagan worship
Leviticus 26:1
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Promise of Blessing and Retribution(A)
26 ‘You shall (B)not make idols for yourselves;
neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves;
nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it;
for I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 23:24
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24 You shall not (A)bow down to their gods, nor serve them, (B)nor do according to their works; (C)but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
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Deuteronomy 20:16-18
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16 “But (A)of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive, 17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, 18 lest (B)they teach you to do according to all their [a]abominations which they have done for their gods, and you (C)sin against the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 20:18 detestable things
Judges 2:2
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2 And (A)you shall make no [a]covenant with the inhabitants of this land; (B)you shall tear down their altars.’ (C)But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?
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- Judges 2:2 treaty
Deuteronomy 12:2-3
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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. 3 And (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.
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- Deuteronomy 12:3 Heb. Asherim
Deuteronomy 7:2-5
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2 and when the Lord your God delivers (A)them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. (B)You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. 3 (C)Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. 4 For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; (D)so the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly. 5 But thus you shall deal with them: you shall (E)destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their [a]wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire.
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- Deuteronomy 7:5 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
Joshua 23:7
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7 and lest you (A)go[a] among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not (B)make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to (C)swear by them; you shall not (D)serve them nor bow down to them,
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- Joshua 23:7 associate with
Joshua 11:11-12
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11 And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, (A)utterly destroying them. There was none left (B)breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.
12 So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, (C)as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ 31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every [a]abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for (B)they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
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- Deuteronomy 12:31 detestable action
Deuteronomy 7:25-26
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25 You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not (A)covet[a] the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 26 Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, (B)for it is an [b]accursed thing.
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- Deuteronomy 7:25 desire
- Deuteronomy 7:26 devoted or banned
Exodus 34:12-17
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12 (A)Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. 13 But you shall (B)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (C)cut down their wooden images 14 (for you shall worship (D)no other god, for the Lord, whose (E)name is Jealous, is a (F)jealous God), 15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they (G)play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them (H)invites you and you (I)eat of his sacrifice, 16 and you take of (J)his daughters for your sons, and his daughters (K)play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
17 (L)“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
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Exodus 23:31-33
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31 And (A)I will set your [a]bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the [b]River. For I will (B)deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 32 (C)You shall make no [c]covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, (D)it will surely be a snare to you.”
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- Exodus 23:31 boundaries
- Exodus 23:31 Heb. Nahar, the Euphrates
- Exodus 23:32 treaty
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