You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(A) punishing the children for the fathers’ sin, to the third and fourth generations(B) of those who hate Me,

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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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(A)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (B)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (C)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:5 worship
  2. Exodus 20:5 punishing

13 Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.(A)

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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

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13 But you shall (A)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (B)cut down their wooden images

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52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images(A) and cast images,(B) and demolish all their high places.

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52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

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52 (A)then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their [a]high places;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 33:52 Places for pagan worship

30 be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’

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30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’

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