Deu 12:3 | HCSB | STEP | 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 place .

‏ Deuteronomy 12:3

3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their ^{▼▼Asherah(s): A Canaanite fertility goddess, who was the mother of the god Baal; also the wooden poles associated with the worship of her}Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every ^{▼▼Lit that} place.