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. 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. 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. Majority Standard Bible Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God, 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 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou do not plant an Asherah of any trees for yourself near the altar of your God YHWH, which you make for yourself, 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, Smith's Literal Translation Thou shalt not plant to thee a grove of any wood near the altar of Jehovah thy God which thou shalt make to thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God: Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not plant a sacred grove, nor shall you plant any tree near the altar of 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; 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; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall not plant for yourselves a grove of any trees near the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourselves. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 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. 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. Judges 6:25-26 On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. / Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. Isaiah 44:14-15 He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. / It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. Jeremiah 17:2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills. Hosea 4:13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. Micah 5:14 I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities. 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers. Matthew 15:13 But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots. John 4:24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” Acts 17:24-25 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 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 You must not set up This phrase is a direct command, emphasizing the prohibition against certain practices. The Hebrew root here is "lo titta," which conveys a strong negative imperative. In the context of ancient Israel, this command underscores the importance of obedience to God's laws and the rejection of idolatrous practices. The Israelites were called to be distinct from the surrounding nations, who often engaged in idol worship. any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the LORD your God 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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