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Deuteronomy 16:21

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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Thou shalt not plant {H5193} thee a grove {H842} of any trees {H6086} near unto {H681} the altar {H4196} of the LORD {H3068} thy God {H430}, which thou shalt make {H6213} thee.

"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.

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 33:3 (6 votes)

    For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Kings 17:16 (5 votes)

    And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 2 Kings 21:3 (4 votes)

    For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • Exodus 34:13 (4 votes)

    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

  • 1 Kings 16:33 (3 votes)

    And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • 1 Kings 14:15 (3 votes)

    For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

  • Judges 3:7 (3 votes)

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.