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Exodus 34:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “But [rather], you are to tear down their altars and smash their [sacred] pillars and cut down their Asherim
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, their altars, shall ye smash, And, their pillars, shall ye shiver,—And, their sacred-stems, shall ye fell.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But yee shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake their images in pieces, ? cut downe their groues,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But ye shall destroy their altars, breake their images, and cut downe their groues.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But you must destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their idols.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and the graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
But x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
ye shall destroy 5422
{5422} Prime
נָתַץ
nathats
{naw-thats'}
A primitive root; to tear down.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
their altars, 4196
{4196} Prime
מִזְבֵּחַ
mizbeach
{miz-bay'-akh}
From H2076; an altar.
break 7665
{7665} Prime
שָׁבַר
shabar
{shaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
their images, 4676
{4676} Prime
מַצֵּבָה
matstsebah
{mats-tsay-baw'}
Feminine (causative) participle of H5324; something stationed, that is, a column or (memorial stone); by analogy an idol.
and cut down 3772
{3772} Prime
כָּרַת
karath
{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
their groves: 842
{0842} Prime
אֲשֵׁרָה
'asherah
{ash-ay-raw'}
From H0833; happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 34:8-26.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Exodus 34:10-17.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Exodus 34:13

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their (d) groves:

(d) Which pleasant places they chose for their idols.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
ye shall:

Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Deuteronomy 7:5 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 7:25-26 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. ... 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.
Deuteronomy 12:2-3 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: ... And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Judges 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that [is] by it:
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
2 Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Chronicles 34:3-4 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. ... And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that [were] on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust [of them], and strowed [it] upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

images:
Heb. statutes
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Ex 23:24. Dt 7:5, 25; 12:2. Jg 2:2; 6:25. 2K 18:4; 23:14. 2Ch 31:1; 34:3.

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