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 …

This passage may be compared with Exodus 23:24-25; Exodus 23:32–33. It repeats, with some enlargements, the enactments there made, and t…

But you shall destroy their altars
On which they had sacrificed to their idols; since, if they were allowed to conti…

The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however intricate or costly. They must also refuse all alliance, friendship, or…