Warning against Idolatry in the bible

Warning against Idolatry

Ky points

• Destroy altars – pillars, groves, fire

• Break graven images – idols, gods, carvings

• Erase names – household, possessions, objects

• Avoid idols – no consultation, no mimicry

• Reject pagan rites – vigilance, faithfulness, caution

• Do not inquire – how nations served, follow

• Avoid evil priests – no guidance, no counsel

Read Deuteronomy 12

1. Destroy all idolatrous items and objects – vs. 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
2. Destroy all idolatrous images within your possession – vs. 3
3. Destroy all idolatrous names written in your household – vs. 3
4. Do not consult an idol or evil priests. Be vigilant that you are initiated into any pagan rites – vs. 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.
5. Do not consult any evil priest – vs. 30