13 (A)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their [a](B)Asherim

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

Blessings of Obedience

26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves (A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves (B)a carved image or (C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a (D)figured stone in your land to bow down [a]to it; for I am the Lord your God.

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  1. Leviticus 26:1 Lit over

Reward for Obedience

26 “‘Do not make idols(A) or set up an image(B) or a sacred stone(C) for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone(D) in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.

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He did evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and his mother; for (A)he removed the memorial stone of Baal (B)which his father had made.

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He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father(B) and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone(C) of Baal that his father had made.

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