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Deuteronomy 7:5

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

KJV

Quin potius hæc facietis eis : aras eorum subvertite, et confringite statuas, lucosque succidite, et sculptilia comburite :

Vulgate

ἀλλ’ οὕτως ποιήσετε αὐτοῖς· τοὺς βωμοὺς αὐτῶν καθελεῖτε, καὶ τὰς στήλας αὐτῶν συντρίψετε, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐκκόψετε, καὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε πυρί·

LXX

But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

ASV

כִּֽי אִם כֹּ֤ה תַעֲשׂוּ֙ לָ/הֶ֔ם מִזְבְּחֹתֵי/הֶ֣ם תִּתֹּ֔צוּ וּ/מַצֵּבֹתָ֖/ם תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ וַ/אֲשֵֽׁירֵ/הֶם֙ תְּגַדֵּע֔וּ/ן וּ/פְסִילֵי/הֶ֖ם תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ/ן בָּ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
'shrh
proper_noun · 40×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
הֶ֖ם
hm
noun · 24×
הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
ם
m
noun · 32×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נִגְדְּעוּ֙
ngd'v
verb · 21×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. May we then not make any image at all? A. God can not and may not be visibly portrayed in any way. Although creatures may be portrayed, yet God forbids making or having such images if one's purpose is to worship them or to serve God through them.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
  • 2Kgs 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it
  • 2Kgs 23:14 — And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
  • 2Sam 5:21 — And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
  • Deut 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the L
  • Deut 7:25 — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the L
  • Deut 9:21 — And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that d
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Deut 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
  • Deut 12:3 — And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
  • Deut 16:22 — Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
  • Exod 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
  • Exod 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
  • Exod 34:13 — But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
  • Exod 34:13 — But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
  • Judg 6:25 — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and
  • Lev 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.