Deuteronomy 16:21
ContextNET © | You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole 1 near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself. |
NIV © | Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD your God, |
NASB © | "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. |
NLT © | "You must never set up an Asherah pole beside the altar of the LORD your God. |
MSG © | Don't plant fertility Asherah trees alongside the Altar of GOD, your God, that you build. |
BBE © | Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make. |
NRSV © | You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the LORD your God; |
NKJV © | "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. |
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NET © | You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole 1 near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself. |
NET © Notes |
1 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. |