Deuteronomy 12:3 (WEB)
You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…introduction thither, there should there be celebrated sacrifices and holocausts, as well for sins as for souls; and nowhere else but in the holy land.” — editor's note: See Lev. xvii. 1–9; Deut. xii. 1–26.
Read the whole comment“Ye shall overthrow all their altars, ye shall overturn and break in pieces their pillars, and cut down their groves, and burn with fire the graven images of the gods themselves, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”” — editor's note: Deut. xii. 2, 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
““When the land shall have been given into your power” (he saith first, “into your power,” and so enjoined what was to be done); “then,” saith he, “ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their groves, and hew down all their images.”” — editor's note: Deut. vii. 1 and xii. 3.
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Cross-references · 1
Exodus 34:13 and Deuteronomy 12:3 share the same wording (10 words).