Exode 34:13

13 Mais vous démolirez leurs autels, vous briserez leurs statues, et vous couperez leurs emblèmes d'Ashéra.

Exode 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.

Exode 34:13 In-Context

11 Prends garde à ce que je te commande aujourd'hui. Voici, je vais chasser de devant toi les Amoréens, les Cananéens, les Héthiens, les Phéréziens, les Héviens, et les Jébusiens.

12 Garde-toi de traiter alliance avec les habitants du pays dans lequel tu vas entrer, de peur qu'ils ne soient en piège au milieu de toi.

13 Mais vous démolirez leurs autels, vous briserez leurs statues, et vous couperez leurs emblèmes d'Ashéra.

14 Car tu ne te prosterneras point devant un autre dieu, parce que l'Éternel se nomme le Dieu jaloux; c'est un Dieu jaloux.

15 Garde-toi de traiter alliance avec les habitants du pays, de peur que lorsqu'ils se prostitueront après leurs dieux, et sacrifieront à leurs dieux, quelqu'un ne t'invite, et que tu ne manges de son sacrifice;