destroy: Deuteronomy 12:2-3; Exodus 23:24, Exodus 34:13; 2 Kings 23:6-14
images: Heb. statues, or pillars, Deuteronomy 16:22; Leviticus 26:1
and cut: Judges 6:25-26
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Deuteronomy 7:5
Deuteronomy 7:5
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