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Deuteronomy 12:2

Deuteronomy 12:2
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:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods,.... The temples erected for the worship of them by the Canaanites, of which there were many, as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 12:1-4

From those great original truths, That there is a God, and that there is but one God, arise those great fundamental laws, That that God is to be worshipped, and he only, and that therefore we are to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 12:2-28

I. First Division of the Laws: on Worship and Religious Institutions Deu 12:2 to Deu 16:17; Deu 16:21 to Deu 17:7

Some 16 laws occupying because of their subject the premier place in the Code.

2 28.…