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Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.