Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to the LORD your God, New Living Translation “You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the LORD your God. English Standard Version “You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the LORD your God that you shall make. Berean Standard Bible Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, King James Bible Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. New King James Version “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. New American Standard Bible “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. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourself. Amplified Bible “You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree or wood beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make. Christian Standard Bible “Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, Holman Christian Standard Bible Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, American Standard Version Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not plant for yourself a grove of any tree on the side of the altar of LORD JEHOVAH your God which you shall make for yourself. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt not plant for thyself a grove; thou shalt not plant for thyself any tree near the altar of thy God. Contemporary English Version When you build the altar for offering sacrifices to the LORD your God, don't set up a sacred pole for the worship of the goddess Asherah. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God: English Revised Version Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you build the altar for the LORD your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah. Good News Translation "When you make an altar for the LORD your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah. International Standard Version "You are not to set up a sacred pole beside the altar of the LORD your God that you will build. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. Literal Standard Version You do not plant an Asherah of any trees for yourself near the altar of your God YHWH, which you make for yourself, Majority Standard Bible Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, New American Bible You shall not plant an asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar of the LORD, your God, which you will build; NET Bible You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself. New Revised Standard Version You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the LORD your God; New Heart English Bible You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourselves. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make for thee. World English Bible You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves. Young's Literal Translation 'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Forbidden Forms of Worship21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, 22and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.… Cross References Exodus 34:13 Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles. Leviticus 26:1 "You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 7:5 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire. 2 Kings 17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. 2 Kings 21:3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. 2 Kings 21:7 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. 2 Chronicles 33:3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. Treasury of Scripture You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you. Exodus 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 1 Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. Jump to Previous Altar Asherah Ashe'rah Build Holy Kind Makest Plant Planted Pole Shrine Sort Thyself Tree Trees WoodenJump to Next Altar Asherah Ashe'rah Build Holy Kind Makest Plant Planted Pole Shrine Sort Thyself Tree Trees WoodenDeuteronomy 16 1. The feast of the Passover9. of weeks 13. of tabernacles 16. Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts 18. Of judges and justice 21. Asherah poles and images are forbidden (21) Thou shalt not plant thee a grove.--Heb., asherah, sometimes used of images, but here evidently of the grove itself. The worship of Jehovah allowed of no secret rites; and nothing that could lead to the abominations of heathen idolatry could be permitted near Jehovah's altar.Verses 21, 22. - In all states, the highest crime of which the judge has to take note is that of treason against the supreme Rower; and, under the theocracy, the act most distinctly treasonable was idolatry. In proceeding, therefore, to give some practical admonitions as to the things to be observed in the administration of justice, Moses begins by denouncing and forbidding this most flagrant form of iniquity. Verse 21. - Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees; thou shalt not plant, i.e. place or set up, an asherah of any wood. The asherah was an idol of wood in the form of a pillar, usually placed by the side of the altars of Baal. It was the symbol of Astarte, the great Canaanitish goddess, the companion and revealer of Baal. The two are usually associated in the Old Testament (cf. Judges 2:13; Judges 6:28; 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 23:4). The rendering "grove" has been taken from the LXX. and the Vulgate; but that it is an error is evident from 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; and Jeremiah 17:2; where the asherah is said to be under a green tree; and from the use of such words as make, set up, cause to stand, build, to denote the action of producing an asherah (cf. 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 1 Kings 14:23), none of which are appropriate to the planting of a grove. Here, indeed, the word "plant" is used, but this is only because, as the asherah was sunk in the earth that it might stand firm, it might be figuratively said to be planted, just as nails driven in are said to be planted (Ecclesiastes 12:11, where the same verb is used; comp. also Isaiah 51:16; Amos 9:15; Daniel 11:25). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You shall notלֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no plant תִטַּ֥ע (ṯiṭ·ṭa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every kind of tree עֵ֑ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood as an Asherah pole אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (’ă·šê·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 842: A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same next to אֵ֗צֶל (’ê·ṣel) Preposition Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity the altar מִזְבַּ֛ח (miz·baḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4196: An altar you will build תַּעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make for the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Deuteronomy 16:21 NIVDeuteronomy 16:21 NLT Deuteronomy 16:21 ESV Deuteronomy 16:21 NASB Deuteronomy 16:21 KJV Deuteronomy 16:21 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 16:21 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 16:21 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 16:21 French Bible Deuteronomy 16:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 16:21 You shall not plant you an Asherah (Deut. 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