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Ramban on Deuteronomy 7:25/רמב"ן על דברים ז׳:כ״ה
אלֹא תַחְמֹד כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב עֲלֵיהֶם, יֶחְסַר אֲשֶׁר, לֹא תַחְמֹד כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶם, וְהוּא נוֹיֵי ע"ז. צִוָּה תְּחִלָּה לִשְׂרֹף ע"ז עַצְמָהּ שֶׁהִיא פְּסִילֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, וְאָסַר גַּם כֵּן הַנּוֹיִין שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶן, וְהִזְהִיר עוֹד וְלֹא תָבִיא תוֹעֵבָה אֶל בֵּיתֶךָ וְהָיִיתָ חֵרֶם כָּמֹהוּ, לֶאֱסֹר בַּהֲנָאָה כָּל עִנְיְנֵי ע"ז, הִיא וּמְשַׁמְּשֶׁיהָ וְתִקְרֹבֶת שֶׁלָּהּ וְהַנּוֹיִין:
1THOU SHALT NOT COVET THE SILVER OR THE GOLD ON THEM. The verse omits the word asher (which), [and the meaning is]: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold which is on them, these being the ornaments of the idols. Thus he first commanded to burn the idol itself, this [being expressed in the statement] The graven images of their gods shall ye burn,54 and then he also prohibited the ornaments that are upon them. He further warned, And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a doomed thing like it55 in order to prohibit benefit derived from any aspect of idol-worship — the idol itself, its appurtenances, its offerings, and its ornaments.