Deuteronomy 12:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Utterly

Judges 2:2

Possess

Hosea 4:13

General references

Numbers 33:52

2 Chronicles 28:4

Bible References

Utterly

This is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, break their pillars, cut down their ritual pillars, and burn their carved idols in fire,

You are not to bow down to their gods or serve them. You are not to follow their practices, but you are to overthrow them completely and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

"Be very careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, so they won't be a snare among you.

"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River to the land of Canaan,

As for you, you must not make any treaties with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, tear down their altars.' But you haven't obeyed me. What have you done?

Possess

The next day, Balak brought Balaam up to Bamoth-baal, where he could see part of the community of Israel.

Furthermore, Ahaz sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on top of hills, and under every green tree.

They set up pillars and Asherim on every high hill and in the shade of every green tree,

The king defiled the high places which faced Jerusalem on the south side of Corruption Mountain, which King Solomon of Israel had constructed for Ashtoreth, the Sidonian abomination, for Chemosh, the Moabite abomination, and for Milcom, the Ammonite abomination.

In the time of King Josiah the LORD told me, "Have you seen what unfaithful Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she committed fornication there.

I brought them to the land that I had promised to give them. But whenever they saw any high hill and or any leafy tree, they slaughtered their sacrifices there and presented their offerings that provoked my anger. There they presented their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offering.

They offer sacrifices on the mountain tops, burning offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees, since their shade is very good. Therefore your daughters are prostitutes and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

General references

they are to drive out all the inhabitants of the land and destroy all their idols and their molten images. You are to demolish all their high places,

He sacrificed and burned incense on high places, on the top of hills, and under every green tree.