Exodus 34:12-14

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¹²Be careful! Don’t make any agreement with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you make an agreement with them, it will bring you trouble. ¹³So destroy their altars, break the stones they worship, and cut down their idols.^[a] ¹⁴Don’t worship any other god. I am Yahweh Kanah—the jealous Lord. That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.^[b]

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Footnotes

Exodus 34:13 stones … idols Literally, “memorials … Asherah poles.” These were stone markers and wood poles that the people set up to help them remember and honor false gods.
Exodus 34:14 I hate … gods Or “I am El Kanah—the Jealous God.”