Exodus 23:24-25
English Standard Version
24 you shall (A)not bow down to their gods nor serve them, (B)nor do as they do, but (C)you shall utterly overthrow them and break their (D)pillars in pieces. 25 You (E)shall serve the Lord your God, and (F)he[a] will bless your bread and your water, and (G)I will take sickness away from among you.
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- Exodus 23:25 Septuagint, Vulgate I
Exodus 23:24-25
New International Version
24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship(A) them or follow their practices.(B) You must demolish(C) them and break their sacred stones(D) to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God,(E) and his blessing(F) will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness(G) from among you,
Exodus 34:13-14
English Standard Version
13 You shall (A)tear down their altars and (B)break their pillars and cut down their (C)Asherim 14 (for (D)you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
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Exodus 34:13-14
New International Version
13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](A) 14 Do not worship any other god,(B) for the Lord, whose name(C) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(D)
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- Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Exodus 34:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)“You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.
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Numbers 33:52
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52 then (A)you shall drive out (B)all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their (C)figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.
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Numbers 33:52
New International Version
52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.(A)
Deuteronomy 7:5
English Standard Version
5 But thus shall you deal with them: (A)you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their (B)pillars and chop down their (C)Asherim and (D)burn their carved images with fire.
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Deuteronomy 7:5
New International Version
5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[a](A) and burn their idols in the fire.(B)
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- Deuteronomy 7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 12:3
English Standard Version
3 You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces (A)their pillars and burn their (B)Asherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and (C)destroy their name out of that place.
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Deuteronomy 12:3
New International Version
3 Break down their altars, smash(A) their sacred stones and burn(B) their Asherah(C) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(D) from those places.
Deuteronomy 16:21
English Standard Version
Forbidden Forms of Worship
21 “You shall not plant any tree as (A)an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.
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Deuteronomy 16:21
New International Version
Worshiping Other Gods
21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B)
2 Kings 18:3-4
English Standard Version
3 (A)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. 4 (B)He removed the high places and broke the (C)pillars and cut down (D)the Asherah. And he broke in pieces (E)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[a]
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent
2 Kings 18:3-4
New International Version
3 He did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(B) had done. 4 He removed(C) the high places,(D) smashed the sacred stones(E) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(F) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])
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- 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.
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