Deuteronomy 7:24

7:24 He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. ¹  Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

Deuteronomy 12:3

12:3 You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, ²  burn up their sacred Asherah poles, ³  and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

Deuteronomy 22:3

22:3 You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor ⁴  has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “you will destroy their name from under heaven” (cf. KJV); NRSV “blot out their name from under heaven.”

² sn Sacred pillars. These are the stelae (stone pillars; the Hebrew term is מַצֵּבֹת, matsevot) associated with Baal worship, perhaps to mark a spot hallowed by an alleged visitation of the gods. See also Deut 7:5.

³ sn Sacred Asherah poles. The Hebrew term (plural) is אֲשֵׁרִים (’asherim). See note on the word “(leafy) tree” in v. 2, and also Deut 7:5.

³ tn Heb “your brother” (also in v. 4).

⁴ tn Heb “you must not hide yourself.”