Deuteronomy 7:5 meaning and explanation
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Deuteronomy 7:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, just before they enter Canaan. Verse 5 gives the positive command that replaces any treaty or intermarriage with the surrounding nations: Israel must dismantle the apparatus of Canaanite worship.
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