But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
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Gill's Exposition
But ye shall destroy their altars,.... On which they had sacrificed to their idols; since, if they were allowed to continue, they might be temptations to offer sacrifice thereon, contrary to the…
The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23;…
Adam Clarke
Ye shall destroy their images - See the subjects of this and all the following verses, to Exo 34:28, treated at large in the notes on Exodus 23 (note).
Reconciliation being made, a covenant of friendship is here settled between God and Israel. The traitors are not only pardoned, but preferred and made favourites again. Well may the assurances of this…
Cambridge Bible
The altars and religious emblems of the Canaanites to be utterly destroyed. Cf. Exo 23:24, with the references; and the almost verbal repetitions in Deu 7:5; Deu 12:3.
pillars or standing-stones: see…
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