² “You must demolish completely all the places where the nations whom you are about to dispossess served their gods, on the mountain heights, on the hills, and under every leafy tree.

⁹ The people of Israel did^[a] things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;^(A)

¹⁰ they set up for themselves pillars and sacred poles^[a] on every high hill and under every green tree;^(A)

²⁴ you built yourself a platform and made yourself a lofty place in every square;^(A)