OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 7:5

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But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.

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Verse 5. Things. This was to be done with regard to the idols of Chanaan, when it was first conquered, verse 25. Afterwards David made no scruple in wearing a crown, which had been taken from the spoils of Melchon, the idol of the Ammonites. 1 Chronicles 20:2. Calmet.

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