Deuteronomy 12:2

Good News Translation

In the land that you are taking, destroy all the places where the people worship their gods on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

They built places of worship for false gods and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

1 Kings 3:2

A temple had not yet been built for the Lord, and so the people were still offering sacrifices at many different altars.

2 Kings 11:18

Then the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down; they smashed the altars and the idols, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. Jehoiada put guards on duty at the Temple,

2 Kings 16:4

At the pagan places of worship, on the hills, and under every shady tree, Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense.

2 Kings 23:13

Josiah desecrated the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Olives, for the worship of disgusting idols—Astarte the goddess of Sidon, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Molech the god of Ammon.

Psalm 78:58

They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious.

Exodus 23:24

Do not bow down to their gods or worship them, and do not adopt their religious practices. Destroy their gods and break down their sacred stone pillars.

Isaiah 36:7

The Assyrian official went on, “Or will you tell me that you are relying on the Lord your God? It was the Lord's shrines and altars that Hezekiah destroyed when he told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship at one altar only.

Jeremiah 17:2

Your people worship at the altars and the symbols that have been set up for the goddess Asherah by every green tree and on the hilltops

Jeremiah 2:20

The Sovereign Lord says, “Israel, long ago you rejected my authority; you refused to obey me and worship me. On every high hill and under every green tree you worshiped fertility gods.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only admit that you are guilty and that you have rebelled against the Lord, your God. Confess that under every green tree you have given your love to foreign gods and that you have not obeyed my commands. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look up at the hilltops. Is there any place where you have not acted like a prostitute? You waited for lovers along the roadside, as an Arab waits for victims in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution.

Jeremiah 3:6

When Josiah was king, the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what Israel, that unfaithful woman, has done? She has turned away from me, and on every high hill and under every green tree she has acted like a prostitute.

Hosea 4:13

At sacred places on the mountaintops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant! “As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Numbers 22:41

The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 7:5

So then, tear down their altars, break their sacred stone pillars in pieces, cut down their symbols of the goddess Asherah, and burn their idols.

Judges 2:2

You must not make any covenant with the people who live in this land. You must tear down their altars.’ But you have not done what I told you. You have done just the opposite!