13 Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.(A)

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13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](A)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

Destroy completely all the places where the nations that you are driving out worship their gods(A)—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every[a] place.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:3 Lit that

Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,(A) on the hills and under every spreading tree,(B) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. Break down their altars, smash(C) their sacred stones and burn(D) their Asherah(E) poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names(F) from those places.

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