Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
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And cut
General references
Bible References
Destroy
Deuteronomy 12:2
Destroy all the places where the nations you dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
Exodus 23:24
Do not worship or serve their gods or follow their practices. You must destroy their gods and crush their sacred stones.
Exodus 34:13
Instead tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim.
2 Kings 23:6
He removed the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah from the temple. He took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. There he burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust, and threw its ashes on the tombs of the common people.
Images
Deuteronomy 16:22
Never set up a sacred stone. These are things Jehovah your God hates.
Leviticus 26:1
Do not make idols or set up statues, stone pillars, or carved stones to worship. I am Jehovah your God!
And cut
Judges 6:25
That night Jehovah told Gideon: Take your father's bull and another seven year old bull, tear down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the symbol of the goddess Asherah, that is beside it.
Burn
Deuteronomy 7:25
Burn the carved images of their gods with fire. Do not covet the silver or the gold that is on them. Do not take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it. It is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 9:21
I took your sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it. I ground it very small until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that flowed down the mountain.
Exodus 32:20
He took the bull-calf that they had made, melted it, ground it into fine powder, and mixed it with water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.
General references
Numbers 33:52
As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.
Deuteronomy 20:18
Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods. You will sin against Jehovah your God.