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You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:
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The Logic of Pagan Worship Sites
Commentators explain that pagan nations deliberately chose high mountains and hills for worship, believing these locations were closer to the heavens. Similarly, shady green trees were selected as worship sites because they were seen as pleasant and solitary places that their gods would delight in, a practice common in the ancient world.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
You shall utterly destroy. —First of all these requirements is the destruction of every vestige of idolatry. In the land …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods
Presbyterian
Moses comes to the statutes he was to entrust to Israel; and begins with such as relate to the worship of God. The Israelites are charged not to br…
