“You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.