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Friday, November 22, 2024

mitzvot on idolatrous nations AND cities

  mizvoit on iIdolatrous Practices

do not make a statute of yourself,,nor authorized it to be made

  1. Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4) (CCN9).
  1. Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4) (CCN10).
  2. Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12) (CCN23).

  1. To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3) (affirmative).

  1. Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9) (CCN24).
  1. Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 7:2) (negative).
  1. To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city (Deut. 13:16-17) (affirmative).

  1. Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16) (negative).
  2. To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) (affirmative).

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