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Deuteronomy 12:3

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ye shall: Numbers 33:52; Judges 2:2; 2 Chronicles 31:1

overthrow: Heb. break down

and burn: 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:14; 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 34:3; Jeremiah 17:2; Micah 5:14

and destroy: Exodus 23:13; Psalms 16:4; Hosea 2:17; Zechariah 13:2; Revelation 13:1

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