2Ye 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; …
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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. …
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 have no other God before him: this is the first commandment, and the second is a guard upon it, or a hedge about it. To prevent a revolt to false gods, we are forbidden to worship the true God in such…
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