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You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
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What is an "Asherah"?
Commentators explain that an "Asherah" was a pagan object of worship associated with trees. While some scholars identify it as a specific carved wooden idol of a goddess, others see it as a sacred grove. In either case, it was a central feature of Canaanite idolatry that was strictly forbidden to be placed near the altar of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses are closely connected in subject with the following chapter and introduce certain directions for the administration of justice and the…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall not plant for yourself a grove. —Hebrew, ashêrah, sometimes referring to images, but here evidently to…
16th Century
Protestant
Thou shalt not plant thee. It is clear from the end of this verse that it is part of the Second Commandment.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not plant a grove of any trees Of any sort of trees, as oaks or any other; not but that it was lawful to p…
Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All partiality must be set aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none.
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