Deuteronomy 12:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 12:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 12:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 12:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place. ”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 12:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 12:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and burn their Asherahs with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of theirgods, and ye shall destroy the names of them out of that place. ”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 12:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and burne their groues with fire: and ye shall hew downe ye grauen images of their gods, and abolish their names out of that place.”
Deuteronomy 12:3 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 12:3 in Context — Deuteronomy 12
1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
2 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:
3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
What Does Deuteronomy 12:3 Mean?
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