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Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Deuteronomy 12:3 BSB

Deuteronomy 12:3 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 33:52 (5 votes) and Judges 2:2 (5 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Exodus 23 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Deuteronomy 12:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

  2. Judges 2:25 votes

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

  3. And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

  4. Psalm 16:44 votes

    Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

  5. Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

  6. Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

  7. He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

  8. He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

  9. He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

  10. However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

  11. Hosea 2:172 votes
  12. Micah 5:142 votes

Which verses point to Deuteronomy 12:3?

The 10 strongest of 19.