Deuteronomy 12:2

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Related verses

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• Deuteronomy 7:5
  Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
• Numbers 33:51–52
  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
• 2 Kings 16:4
  And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
• 2 Kings 17:10–11
  They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
• Exodus 34:12–17
  Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
• Deuteronomy 7:25–26
  You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Jeremiah 3:6
  Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
• Ezekiel 20:28–29
  When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
• 2 Kings 23:13
  The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
• Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
• Numbers 22:41
  The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
• Hosea 4:13
  They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

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Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Covenant· Deuteronomy, Book of· Elephantine Papyri· Green· Kings, Books of First and Second· Tithe, Tithing

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Groves: Idols Were Worshipped In· Iconoclasm: Idols to be Destroyed· Mountain used for Idolatrous Worship· Mountains: Often Selected As Places for Idolatrous Worship