Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy 12:2-5

2You shall utterlyH6 destroyH6 allH3605 the placesH4725 whereH834H8033 the nationsH1471 whomH834 you shall dispossessH3423 serveH5647 their godsH430, on the 1highH7311 mountainsH2022 and on the hillsH1389 and underH8478 everyH3605 greenH7488 treeH6086.

32You shall tearH5422 downH5422 their altarsH4196 and smashH7665 their sacred pillarsH4676 and burnH8313 their 3AsherimH842 with fireH784, and you shall cutH1438 downH1438 the engravedH6456 imagesH6456 of their godsH430 and 4obliterateH6 their nameH8034 from that placeH4725.

4You shall not actH6213 likeH3651 thisH3651 toward the LordH3068 your GodH430.

55But you shall seekH1875 the Lord at the placeH4725 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will chooseH977 from allH3605 your tribesH7626, to establishH7760 His nameH8034 thereH8033 for His dwellingH7931, and thereH8033 you shall comeH935.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 12:2 2 Kin 16:4; 17:10, 11 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 12:3 Num 33:52; Deut 7:5; Judg 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 12:3 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 12:3 Ex 23:13; Ps 16:4; Zech 13:2 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 12:5 Ex 20:24; Deut 12:11, 13; 2 Chr 7:12; Ps 78:68 ↩

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