Judges 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 cut down the grove that is by it:
KJV
nocte illa dixit Dominus ad eum : Tolle taurum patris tui, et alterum taurum annorum septem, destruesque aram Baal, quæ est patris tui, et nemus, quod circa aram est, succide.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Κύριος Λάβε τὸν μόσχον τὸν ταῦρον ὅς ἐστιν τῷ πατρί σου καὶ μόσχον δεύτερον ἑπταετῆ, καὶ καθελεῖς τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Βάαλ ὅ ἐστιν τῷ πατρί σου, καὶ τὸ ἄλσος τὸ ἐπ’ αὐτὸ ὀλεθρεύσεις·
LXX
And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father’s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
ASV
וַ/יְהִי֮ בַּ/לַּ֣יְלָה הַ/הוּא֒ וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣/וֹ יְהוָ֗ה קַ֤ח אֶת פַּר הַ/שּׁוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/אָבִ֔י/ךָ וּ/פַ֥ר הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וְ/הָרַסְתָּ֗ אֶת מִזְבַּ֤ח הַ/בַּ֨עַל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/אָבִ֔י/ךָ וְ/אֶת הָ/אֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר עָלָ֖י/ו תִּכְרֹֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
- 2Cor 6:15 — And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
- 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
- Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Deut 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.
- 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 3:7 — And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
- Matt 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.