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Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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 high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from you, and destroy all their <i>idolatrous</i> sculptures, destroy all their cast metal images, and eliminate all their high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their carved stones and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you and destroy all their sculpted images, and destroy all their cast idols and completely eliminate all their [idolatrous] high places,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast images, and demolish all their high places. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />you must force out the people living there. Destroy their idols and tear down their altars. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their stone and metal idols and all their places of worship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />they are to drive out all the inhabitants of the land and destroy all their idols and their molten images. You are to demolish all their high places, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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 demolish all their high places:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then you have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, indeed, you destroy all their molten images, and you lay waste [to] all their high places,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And have driven out all those dwelling in the land from before you, and destroy ye all their watch towers, and all their molten images ye shall destroy, and all their heights ye shall lay waste:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />destroy all the inhabitants of that land. Break their monuments, and shatter their statues, and lay waste to every exalted thing,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />dispossess all the inhabitants of the land before you; destroy all their stone figures, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their figured stones, destroy all their cast images, and demolish all their high places.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then you shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their idols and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall destroy all of the inhabitants of the land from before you and you shall destroy all their idols and throw away all the images of their forging, and all their high places you shall pull down:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall destroy all that dwell in the land before your face, and ye shall abolish their high places, and all their molten images ye shall destroy, and ye shall demolish all their pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/33-52.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=10465" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/33.htm">Instructions for Occupying Canaan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">51</span>“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, <span class="reftext">52</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wə·hō·w·raš·tem (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2mp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">you must drive out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the inhabitants</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: wə·’ib·baḏ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4906.htm" title="4906: maś·kî·yō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A showpiece, figure, imagination. From the same as Sekuw; a figure; figuratively, imagination.">their carved images</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4541.htm" title="4541: mas·sê·ḵō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- From nacak; properly, a pouring over, i.e. Fusion of metal; by implication, a libation, i.e. League; concretely a coverlet.">and cast</a> <a href="/hebrew/6754.htm" title="6754: ṣal·mê (N-mpc) -- From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol.">idols,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: tə·’ab·bê·ḏū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: taš·mî·ḏū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">demolish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: bā·mō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">their high places.</a> </span><span class="reftext">53</span>You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a></span><br />Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a></span><br />Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Exodus 23:24</a></span><br />You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Exodus 34:13</a></span><br />Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-2.htm">Judges 2:2</a></span><br />and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-36</a></span><br />They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a></span><br />“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a></span><br />Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a></span><br />When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a></span><br />So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7-8</a></span><br />And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ / But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Acts 19:19</a></span><br />And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a></span><br />Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-17</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then you 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Exodus 23:24,31-33</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-12.htm">Exodus 34:12-17</a></b></br> Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2-5,25,26</a></b></br> And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, <i>and</i> utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/numbers/22-11.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Demolish</a> <a href="/numbers/32-15.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/numbers/24-22.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/numbers/22-11.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Images</a> <a href="/numbers/32-17.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/numbers/27-18.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-4.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-4.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Pictures</a> <a href="/numbers/33-2.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-16.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/numbers/17-10.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-13.htm">Demolish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-27.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/numbers/33-53.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/numbers/35-25.htm">High</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Images</a> <a href="/numbers/33-53.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-39.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-12.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/judges/17-2.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-11.htm">Pictures</a> <a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Places</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/joshua/3-17.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-13.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-1.htm">The forty-two journeys of the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/33-50.htm">The Canaanites are to be destroyed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The inhabitants of the land were the Canaanites, who were known for their idolatrous practices and moral corruption. The driving out of these inhabitants was not merely a military conquest but a spiritual cleansing to prevent the Israelites from being influenced by pagan practices. This command is consistent with earlier instructions found in <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Exodus 23:31-33</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>, emphasizing the need for separation from ungodly influences. Theologically, this can be seen as a type of the Christian's call to separate from sin and worldly influences, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>.<p><b>destroy all their carved images and cast idols</b><br>The destruction of carved images and idols was crucial to prevent the Israelites from falling into idolatry, which was prevalent among the Canaanites. These idols were often representations of their gods, such as Baal and Asherah, and were made from wood, stone, or metal. The command to destroy them underscores the importance of worshiping the one true God and avoiding syncretism. This aligns with the first and second commandments given in <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>. Theologically, this can be seen as a call to remove anything that takes the place of God in one's life, echoing the New Testament teaching in 1 <a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21</a> to keep oneself from idols.<p><b>and demolish all their high places</b><br>High places were elevated sites used for worship, often associated with pagan rituals and sacrifices. These locations were significant in Canaanite religion and were often used to worship deities other than Yahweh. The command to demolish them was to ensure that the Israelites would not be tempted to adopt these practices. This is reiterated in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a>, where God instructs the Israelites to destroy all places where the nations served their gods. Theologically, this can be seen as a call to eliminate any form of false worship and to ensure that worship is directed solely to God, as emphasized in <a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>, where worship must be in spirit and truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being instructed to take possession of the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, inhabited by various pagan nations at the time.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/carved_images_and_cast_idols.htm">Carved Images and Cast Idols</a></b><br>Representations of false gods worshiped by the Canaanites, which the Israelites are commanded to destroy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a></b><br>Elevated sites used for pagan worship, which were common in Canaan and needed to be demolished.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is conveying God's instructions to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_purity.htm">Spiritual Purity</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were commanded to remove all forms of idolatry, Christians today are called to remove anything that takes the place of God in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god.htm">Obedience to God</a></b><br>The Israelites' success in the Promised Land depended on their obedience to God's commands. Similarly, our spiritual success is tied to our obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_idolatry.htm">Vigilance Against Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry can take many forms, not just physical idols. We must be vigilant against anything that competes with our devotion to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>The call to demolish high places is a call to holiness, separating ourselves from practices and influences that are contrary to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>The command to drive out the inhabitants was part of God's plan for Israel. Trusting in God's plan for our lives requires faith and action.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_i_show_mercy.htm">Why is Dan excluded from Revelation's 144,000 list?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_canaanite_altars_persist_in_use.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:2–4, how does the command to destroy all pagan worship sites fit with archaeological findings that some Canaanite altars appear to have remained in use? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_numbers_33_52-53_with_justice.htm">Numbers 33:52-53: How can a mandate to drive out entire populations and destroy their religious symbols be reconciled with other biblical passages promoting justice and compassion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_image-making_wrong_(ex._20_4-5_vs._25_18-20).htm">Is it wrong to make an image? (Exodus 20:4-5 vs. Exodus 25:18-20)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(52) <span class= "bld">And destroy all their pictures.--</span>The word which is here rendered "pictures" denotes "imagery," or "engraved figures." In <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm" title="You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.">Leviticus 26:1</a> the material named is stone--"a stone of imagery," i.e., a stone which has been formed into an idol. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm" title="But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:">Exodus 34:13</a>, where, however, a different word is used for " images.")<p><span class= "bld">All their high places.--</span>Hebrew, <span class= "ital">bamoth. </span>The reference here is probably to the altars which were frequently erected on the high places. (Comp. <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm" title="And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that there he might see the utmost part of the people.">Numbers 22:41</a>, where Balaam is brought by Balak "up into the high places of Baal.")<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 52.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye shall drive out.</span> The Hebrew word (from <span class="hebrew">יָרַשׁ</span>) is the same which is translated "dispossess" in the next verse. The Septuagint has in both cases <span class="greek">ἀπολεῖτε</span>, supplying (like the A.V.) the word "inhabitants" in verse 53. The Hebrew word, however, seems to have much the same sense as the English phrase "clear out," and is, therefore, equally applied to the land and the occupants of it. No doubt it implies extermination as a necessary condition of the clearance. Their pictures. <span class="hebrew">מַשְׂכִּלֺיּתָם</span>. Septuagint, <span class="greek">τὰς σκοπιὰς αὐτῶν</span>, (their outlooks, or high places). The Targums of Onkelos and Palestine have "the houses of their worship;" the Targum of Jerusalem has "their idols." The same word occurs in <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a>, in the phrase <span class="hebrew">אֵבֶן מַשְׂכִּית</span>, which is usually rendered "a stone image," <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, a stone shaped into some likeness of man. If so, <span class="hebrew">מַשְׂכִּית</span> by itself has probably the same meaning; at any rate it can hardly be "a picture," nor is there the least evidence that the art of painting was at all practiced among the rude tribes of' Canaan. The same word, <span class="accented">maskith</span>, is indeed found in <a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Ezekiel 8:12</a> in connection with "gravings" (from <span class="hebrew">חָקַק</span>; cf. <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Isaiah 22:16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a> with <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Ezekiel 23:14</a>) on a wall; but even this belonged to a very different age. <span class="cmt_word">Their molten images,</span> <span class="hebrew">צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם</span>, "images cast of brass." Septuagint, <span class="greek">τὰ εἰδωλα</span> <span class="greek">τὰ χονευτά</span> The word <span class="accented">tselem</span> is only elsewhere used in the Pentateuch for that "likeness" which is reproduced in Divine creation (<a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26, 27</a>; <a href="/genesis/9-6.htm">Genesis 9:6</a>) or in human generation (<a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">Genesis 5:3</a>); in the later books, however (especially in Daniel), it is freely used for idols. On <span class="accented">"massakah,"</span> see on Exodus 32:4; Isaiah 30:22. Their high places. <span class="hebrew">בָמוֹתָם</span>. See on Leviticus 26:30. The Septuagint translates Bamoth in both places by <span class="greek">στῆλαι</span>, and of course it was not the high places themselves, which were simply certain prominent elevations, but the monuments (of whatever kind) which superstition had erected upon them, which were to be plucked down. As a fact, it would seem that the Jews, instead of obeying this command, appropriated the Bamoth to their own religious uses (cf. <a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">1 Samuel 9:12</a>; <a href="/1_kings/3-2.htm">1 Kings 3:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58</a>, etc.). The natural result was, as in all similar cases, that not only the Bamoth, but very many of the superstitions and idolatries connected with them, were taken over into the service of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/33-52.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">you must drive out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְה֨וֹרַשְׁתֶּ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·raš·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the inhabitants</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֙רֶץ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before you,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֨בַּדְתֶּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ib·baḏ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their carved images</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(maś·kî·yō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4906.htm">Strong's 4906: </a> </span><span class="str2">A showpiece, figure, imagination</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cast</span><br /><span class="heb">מַסֵּֽכֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(mas·sê·ḵō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4541.htm">Strong's 4541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">idols,</span><br /><span class="heb">צַלְמֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(ṣal·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6754.htm">Strong's 6754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and demolish</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּשְׁמִֽידוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(taš·mî·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their high places.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּמֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·mō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">OT Law: Numbers 33:52 Then you shall drive out all (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/33-51.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 33:51"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:51" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/33-53.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 33:53"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 33:53" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>