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.
Exodus 23:31-
33 And
I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will
deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. ... They shall not dwell in thy land, lest
they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods,
it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Exodus 34:12-
17 Take heed to thyself,
lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: ... Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Deuteronomy 7:2-
5 And when the LORD thy God shall
deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [
and]
utterly destroy them; thou shalt
make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: ... 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.
Deuteronomy 12:30-
31 Take heed to thyself
that thou be not snared
by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. ...
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every
abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 20:16-
18 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [
for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: ... That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Joshua 11:11-
12 And they smote all the souls that [
were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [
them]: there was not
any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. ... And
all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, [
and] he utterly destroyed them,
as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
Joshua 23:7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause
to swear [
by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
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?