“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”
Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree where the nations you are dispossessing serve their gods — the first law mandates destruction (cherem) of Canaanite sacred sites. High places, hills, and trees were loci of fertility cult worship; their destruction constitutes spiritual and geographical purification.
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