Deuteronomy 12:2

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Ye shall utterly {H6} destroy {H6} all the places {H4725}, wherein the nations {H1471} which {H834} ye shall possess {H3423} served {H5647} their gods {H430}, upon the high {H7311} mountains {H2022}, and upon the hills {H1389}, and under every green {H7488} tree {H6086}:

You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy tree.

Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 7:5 (7 votes)

    But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

  • Deuteronomy 7:25 (5 votes)

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

  • Deuteronomy 7:26 (5 votes)

    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.

  • Numbers 33:51 (5 votes)

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

  • Numbers 33:52 (5 votes)

    Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

  • 2 Kings 16:4 (5 votes)

    And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • Exodus 34:12 (4 votes)

    Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: