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A Mandate for Total Eradication
Commentators explain that this verse commands a thorough and complete removal of all pagan worship sites. This wasn't just about avoiding idolatry, but physically destroying every element: stone altars, sacred pillars, wooden idols (referred to as "Asherim" or "groves"), and graven images. The goal was to leave no trace of these practices in the land where God's presence would dwell.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Theologian
Their groves - Understand this as their idols of wood; and see the note on Deuteronomy 7:5.
19th Century
Bishop
Destroy the names. —The substitution in later times of bosheth for baal in the names Jerubbaal (Jerubbesheth), E…
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall overthrow their altars
Which were of stone, as Jarchi observes; whereas the altar ordered to be made b…
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17th Century
Minister
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…