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Exodus 34:13

What does Exodus 34:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 34:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But destroy their altars, break their statues and cut down their groves:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.

Context

v.12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

v.13This passage

v.14(for thou shalt worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God);

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 23:14

    And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

  • 2 Kings 18:4

    He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Deuteronomy 7:5

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 7:25

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

  • Deuteronomy 12:2

    Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

  • Judges 6:25

    And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father’s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

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