The renunciation of idolatry.

Ye shall defile i.e. "desecrate" (2 Kings 23:8 ff.).

covering … ornament Overlaying … plating, as R.V. An idol consisted of a core of wood or inferior metal, overlaid with a costly layer of silver or gold. The latter part was of course the most valuable, and perhaps also the most sacred (see Deuteronomy 7:25 f.).

cast them away, &c. scatter them as an unclean thing; Exodus 32:20.

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