Exodus 34:13
Other Translations of Exodus 34:13
King James Version
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images,
English Standard Version
13 You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim
The Message
13 "Tear down their altars, smash their phallic pillars, chop down their fertility poles.
New King James Version
13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images
New Living Translation
13 Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 34:13
Commentary on Exodus 34:10-17
(Read Exodus 34:10-17)
The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and they were reminded not with idolaters, and all idolatrous feats; and they were reminded not to repeat the crime of making molten images. Jealously is called the rage of a man, Proverbs 6:34; but in God it is holy and just displeasure. Those cannot worship God aright, who do not worship him only.