Éxodo 34:13

13 Derriba sus altares, y haz pedazos sus piedras sagradas y sus imágenes de la diosa Aserá.

Éxodo 34:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:13

But ye shall destroy their altars
On which they had sacrificed to their idols; since, if they were allowed to continue, they might be temptations to offer sacrifice thereon, contrary to the command of God:

break their images:
of gold or silver, wood or stone, which they made for themselves, and worshipped as deities; seeing if these continued, the sight of them might lead to the worship of them, and so bring under the divine displeasure, as a breach of the command of God given them:

and cut down their groves;
which were clusters of trees, where they had their temples and their idols, and did service to them, and where, besides idolatry, many impurities were committed. Such places were originally used by good men for devotion, being shady and solitary, but when abused to superstitious and idolatrous uses, were forbidden. It is said ^F14, the word for "grove" is general, and includes every tree they serve, or plant, for an idol.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 72. 1.

Éxodo 34:13 In-Context

11 Por lo que a ti toca, cumple con lo que hoy te mando. Echaré de tu presencia a los amorreos, cananeos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos.

12 Ten mucho cuidado de no hacer ningún pacto con los habitantes de la tierra que vas a ocupar, pues de lo contrario serán para ti una trampa.

13 Derriba sus altares, y haz pedazos sus piedras sagradas y sus imágenes de la diosa Aserá.

14 No adores a otros dioses, porque el SEÑOR es muy celoso. Su nombre es Dios celoso.

15 »No hagas ningún pacto con los habitantes de esta tierra, porque se prostituyen por ir tras sus dioses, y cuando les ofrezcan sacrificios a esos dioses, te invitarán a participar de ellos.