Deuteronomy 1:31
Context1:31 and in the desert, where you saw him 1 carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”
Deuteronomy 1:33
Context1:33 the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go.
Deuteronomy 12:3
Context12:3 You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, 2 burn up their sacred Asherah poles, 3 and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.
[1:31] 1 tn Heb “the
[12:3] 2 sn Sacred pillars. These are the stelae (stone pillars; the Hebrew term is מַצֵּבֹת, matsevot) associated with Baal worship, perhaps to mark a spot hallowed by an alleged visitation of the gods. See also Deut 7:5.
[12:3] 3 sn Sacred Asherah poles. The Hebrew term (plural) is אֲשֵׁרִים (’asherim). See note on the word “(leafy) tree” in v. 2, and also Deut 7:5.





