Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 5:8 
Context5:8 You must not make for yourself an image 1 of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath. 2
Deuteronomy 16:21
ContextExamples of Legal Cases
16:21 You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole 3 near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.
Deuteronomy 28:40
Context28:40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe. 4
1 tn Heb “an image, any likeness.”
2 tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”
3 tn Heb “an Asherah, any tree.”
sn Sacred Asherah pole. This refers to a tree (or wooden pole) dedicated to the worship of Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. See also Deut 7:5.
4 tn Heb “your olives will drop off” (נָשַׁל, nashal), referring to the olives dropping off before they ripen.
