They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Ba`al, and burned them.
Deuteronomy 7:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and hew down their Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] and burn their graven images with fire. American Standard Version (1901) But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. Common English Bible Instead, this is what you must do with these nations: rip down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their sacred poles, and burn their idols Catholic Public Domain Version So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. |
They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Ba`al, and burned them.
They left their gods there; and David gave mitzvah, and they were burned with fire.
for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Yisra'el drink of it.
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars.
*'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.
Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which the LORD your God hates.
The engraved images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.