¹⁰ They set up sacred stones^(A) and Asherah poles^(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.^(C)

²³ They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones^(A) and Asherah poles^(B) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.^(C)

⁴ He offered sacrifices and burned incense^(A) at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.^(B)

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

Worshiping Other Gods

²¹ Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole^(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,^(B)

² 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. ³ 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.

Reward for Obedience

26 “‘Do not make idols^(A) or set up an image^(B) or a sacred stone^(C) for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone^(D) in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.