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Deuteronomy 16:21

WEB

21You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.

KJV

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

BSB

21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

FBV

21Don't ever set up a wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,

Extra References

2 Chronicles 33:3

3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

2 Kings 17:16

16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.

2 Kings 21:3

3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

Exodus 34:13

13but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;

1 Kings 16:33

33Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did more yet to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

1 Kings 14:15

15For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River,[+] because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

Judges 3:7

7The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

Deuteronomy 7:5

5But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.