Study it in the app“You shall not bow down to their gods or serve them, or do according to their works, but you shall utterly tear them down and smash their standing stones.”
You shall not bow downלֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהto their godsלֵאלֹהֵיהֶםorוְserve them,לֹא תָעָבְדֵםorוְdoלֹא תַעֲשֶׂהaccording to their works,כְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶםbutכִּיyou shall utterly tear them downהָרֵס תְּהָרְסֵםand smashוְשַׁבֵּר תְּשַׁבֵּרtheir standing stones.מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶם
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “tishtachave” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohe” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “taavde” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearstear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “hares” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shaber” appearsstanding stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matsevote” appears23For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I will wipe them out.
24 · This verse (above)
25You shall serve YHWH your Elohim, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst.
