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Deuteronomy 7:5

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But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.

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Deuteronomy 7:5 in other translations

But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:5 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 7:5 in context

  1. 3You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
  2. 4For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
  3. 5But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.
  4. 6For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
  5. 7Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;