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Deuteronomy 16:21

Context
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.

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.


KJV
Thou shalt not plant
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thee a grove
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of any trees
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near unto
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the altar
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of the LORD
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thy God
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which thou shalt make
<06213> (8799)
thee.
NASB ©
"You shall not plant
<05193>
for yourself an Asherah
<0842>
of any
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kind of tree
<06086>
beside
<0681>
the altar
<04196>
of the LORD
<03068>
your God
<0430>
, which
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you shall make
<06213>
for yourself.
HEBREW
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Kl
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hvet
<06213>
rsa
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Kyhla
<0430>
hwhy
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xbzm
<04196>
lua
<0681>
Ue
<06086>
lk
<03605>
hrsa
<0842>
Kl
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ejt
<05193>
al (16:21)
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LXXM
ou
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ADV
futeuseiv
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V-FAI-2S
seautw
<4572
D-DSM
alsov {N-ASN} pan
<3956
A-ASN
xulon
<3586
N-ASN
para
<3844
PREP
to
<3588
T-ASN
yusiasthrion
<2379
N-ASN
kuriou
<2962
N-GSM
tou
<3588
T-GSM
yeou
<2316
N-GSM
sou
<4771
P-GS
o
<3739
R-NSN
poihseiv
<4160
V-FAI-2S
seautw
<4572
D-DSM
NET © [draft] ITL
You must not
<03808>
plant
<05193>
any
<03605>
kind of tree
<06086>
as a sacred Asherah pole
<0842>
near
<0681>
the altar
<04196>
of the Lord
<03068>
your God
<0430>
which
<0834>
you build
<06213>
for yourself
<06213>
.
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

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.



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