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Exodus 34:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles; "
Exodus 34:13
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11 Observe that which I command you today. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;
13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
14 for you shall worship no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15 “Don’t make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
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Exodus 34:1
"The LORD said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke."
Exodus 34:2
"Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain."
Exodus 34:3
"No one shall come up with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain. Do not let the flocks or herds graze in front of that mountain.”"
Exodus 34:4
"He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; then Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets."
Exodus 34:5
"The LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the LORD’s name."
Exodus 34:6
"The LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The LORD! The LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,"
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