unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/12/03.md

# General Information:

Moses is still talking to the people of Israel.

# You must break down their altars

"you must pull apart the altars of those nations" or "you must destroy the altars of those nations"

# dash in pieces

"break into pieces" or "shatter"

# destroy their name

Here "their name" represents "the memory of them." Alternate translation: "destroy them so completely that no one will remember them" or "destroy anything that represents these false gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# that place

This refers to each place where the nations worshiped their gods.