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Deuteronomy 16:21
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“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,
You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah pole beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
"You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.
Do not set up a wooden Asherah idol next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,
You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.
"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree or wood beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make.
"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.
Thou shalt plant thee no groue of any trees neere vnto the altar of the Lorde thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourself.
Moses said to Israel: When you build the altar for offering sacrifices to the Lord your God, don't set up a sacred pole for the worship of the goddess Asherah.
"You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves.
Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
"When you set up an altar for the Lord your God, you must not place beside the altar any of the wooden poles that honor the goddess Asherah.
You shall not plant for yourselves a grove of any trees near the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
"When you make an altar for the Lord your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah.
You shall not set up for yourself pillars of any trees, which you make for yourself near the altar of Jehovah your God.
Thou shalt plante no groue (of what so euer trees it be) nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God, which thou makest the.
Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make.
Thou shalt plant no groue of any trees neare vnto the aulter of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Thou shalt not plant thee a groue of any trees neere vnto the Altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee:
Thou shalt not plant for thyself a grove; thou shalt not plant for thyself any tree near the altar of thy God.
Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Thou schalt not plaunte a wode, and ech tre bi the auter of thi Lord God;
`Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,
You shall not plant for yourself any kind of Asherah pole beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourself.
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make for thee.
You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
"You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the LORD your God.
"You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.
"When you make an altar for the Lord your God, do not put beside it a wooden god like the false goddess Asherah.
You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God;
Thou shalt not plant thee, as a sacred stem, any tree, - near unto the altar of Yahweh thy God which thou shalt make for thyself;
Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God:
"You shall not plant any tree as an Ashe'rah beside the altar of the LORD your God which you shall make.
Don't plant fertility Asherah trees alongside the Altar of God , your God, that you build. Don't set up phallic sex pillars— God , your God, hates them.
"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 34:13, Judges 3:7, 1 Kings 14:15, 1 Kings 16:33, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 21:3, 2 Chronicles 33:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:33 - Beersheba Leviticus 26:1 - Ye shall Deuteronomy 12:4 - General 2 Kings 17:10 - groves
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shall not plant thee a grove of any trees,.... Of any sort of trees, as oaks or any other; not but that it was lawful to plant trees and groves of them, but not for a religious or idolatrous use: particularly
near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee; as the Heathens did near their altars, lest it should be thought to be done for a like superstitious and idolatrous use; which evil the Jews sometimes fell into in the times of wicked reigns, and which their good and pious kings removed and destroyed; see 2 Kings 18:4 and Hecataeus b, an Heathen historian, relates of the city of Jerusalem, that there were there no image, nor plantation, nor grove, nor any such thing.
b Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
These verses are closely connected in subject with the following chapter, and introduce certain directions for the administration of justice and the carrying on of the civil government of the people in Canaan. During the lifetime of Moses, he himself, especially inspired and guided by God, was sufficient, with the aid of the subordinate judges (compare Exodus 18:13 ff), for the duties in question. But now that Moses was to be withdrawn, and the people would soon be scattered up and down the land of Canaan, regular and permanent provision must be made for civil and social order and good government.
Deuteronomy 16:21
A grove ... - Render, Thou shalt not plant for thee any tree as an idol: literally as an Asherah,â âi. e.â an image of Astarte or Ashtaroth, the Phoenician goddess (compare Deuteronomy 7:5 note, Deuteronomy 7:13 note). The word is rendered âgroveâ by the King James Version also in Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; Exodus 34:13; Judges 6:25, but cannot be maintained, for the word is connected with various verbs which are quite inapplicable to a grove. The wooden idol in question was the stem of a tree, stripped of its boughs, set upright in the ground, and rudely carved with emblems.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 16:21. Thou shalt not plant thee a grove, &c. — We have already seen that groves were planted about idol temples for the purpose of the obscene worship performed in them. (Deuteronomy 12:3; Deuteronomy 12:3.) On this account God would have no groves or thickets about his altar, that there might be no room for suspicion that any thing contrary to the strictest purity was transacted there. Every part of the Divine worship was publicly performed, for the purpose of general edification.
