Le Deutéronome 7:5 Commentaire : Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Rashbam & Rav Hirsch

כִּֽי־אִם־כֹּ֤ה תַעֲשׂוּ֙ לָהֶ֔ם מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם תִּתֹּ֔צוּ וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙ תְּגַדֵּע֔וּן וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּן בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

Non, voici ce que vous devrez leur faire: vous renverserez leurs autels, vous briserez leurs monuments, vous abattrez leurs bosquets, vous livrerez leurs statues aux flammes.

Rashi

מזבחתיהם — a מזבח is something built up of several stones,

Ibn Ezra

But thus i.e., Only this shall you do to them — because you are holy people — and you shall not make yourself loathsome through the objects of the Gentiles, who adorn themselves with monuments and with Ashera trees.

Rashbam

כי אם כה תעשו להם, “rather, this is what you shall do to them, etc.” תגדעון, the root גדע is used whenever something long is being cut down or felled; compare Psalms 75,11 וכל קרני רשעים אגדע, “and I will cut down all the horns of the wicked.”

Rashi

ומצבתם — alludes to a single stone (cf. Rashi on Deuteronomy 12:3).

Rashi

ואשירהם — Trees which they worship (Avodah Zarah 48a).

Rashi

ופסליהם — These are images.