Éxodo 34:13

13 En cambio, deberás destruir sus altares paganos, destrozar sus columnas sagradas y derribar los postes dedicados a la diosa Asera.

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 Pero presta atención a todo lo que hoy te ordeno, porque entonces iré delante de ustedes y expulsaré a los amorreos, a los cananeos, a los hititas, a los ferezeos, a los heveos y a los jebuseos.

12 »Ten mucho cuidado de no hacer tratados con los pueblos que viven en la tierra adonde te diriges. Si los haces, seguirás sus malos caminos y quedarás atrapado.

13 En cambio, deberás destruir sus altares paganos, destrozar sus columnas sagradas y derribar los postes dedicados a la diosa Asera.

14 No adores a ningún otro dios, porque el Señor
, cuyo nombre es Celoso, es Dios celoso de su relación contigo.

15 »No hagas ningún tipo de tratado con los pueblos que viven en la tierra porque ellos se entregan a pasiones sexuales en pos de sus dioses y les ofrecen sacrificios. Te invitarán a participar con ellos en comer lo que ofrecen en sacrificio, y tú irás con ellos.