Exodus 34:13 KJV

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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

  • God's covenantThe Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance, friendship, or marriage with...

Thompson Chains

  • GrovesSee the chain from Deuteronomy 12:2 · 12 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.
  • 2 Kings 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: and he called it Nehushtan.
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • Judges 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

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  • But ye shall destroy כִּי kî Conjunction תִּתֹּצוּן tittōṣûn נָתַץ Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • their altars אֶת ʾet Object marker מִזְבְּחֹתָם mizbĕḥōtām מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • break תְּשַׁבֵּרוּן tĕšabbērûn שָׁבַר Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • their images וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and מַצֵּבֹתָם maṣṣēbōtām מַצֵּבָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • and cut down תִּכְרֹתוּן tikrōtûn כָּרַת Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • their groves וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and אֲשֵׁרָיו ʾăšērāyw אֲשֵׁרָה Proper name · with suffix: third person masculine singular

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