Deuteronomy 7:5 KJV
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.
Thou and Ye
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Intercourse with the Canaanites forbiddenHere is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with...
Thompson Chains
- Destruction (2)See the chain from Isaiah 34:2 · 5 links
- Iconoclasm (1)Last of 4 links
- BeesSee the chain from Deuteronomy 1:44 · 4 links
Cross References
- Exodus 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.
- Exodus 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
- Deuteronomy 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 LORD thy God.
- Deuteronomy 12:2–3 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: …
- Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- Leviticus 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.
- Deuteronomy 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 descended out of the mount.
- Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
- Judges 6:25–26 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: …
- 2 Kings 23:6–14 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. …
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Topics
- Carving Idols manufactured by
- Iconoclasm Idols to be destroyed
- Judgments Upon the Canaanites
- Obligation A motive of obedience
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- But thus shall ye deal כִּי kî Conjunction אִם ʾim Conjunction כֹּה kô Adverb תַעֲשׂוּ taʿăśû עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- with them; ye shall destroy תִּתֹּצוּ tittōṣû נָתַץ Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- their altars לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶם mizbĕḥōtêhem מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- and break down תְּשַׁבֵּרוּ tĕšabbērû שָׁבַר Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine plural
- their images וּמַצֵּבֹתָם ûmaṣṣēbōtām מַצֵּבָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
- and cut down תְּגַדֵּעוּן tĕgaddēʿûn גָּדַע Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine plural
- their groves וַאֲשֵׁירֵהֶם waʾăšêrēhem אֲשֵׁרָה Proper name · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
- and burn תִּשְׂרְפוּן tiśrĕpûn שָׂרַף Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- their graven images וּפְסִילֵיהֶם ûpĕsîlêhem פְּסִיל Noun · masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
- with fire בָּאֵשׁ bāʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
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