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Deuteronomy 16:21

Deuteronomy chapter 16 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Context

v.20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

v.21This passage

v.22Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 16:33

    And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • Deuteronomy 7:5

    But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

  • Judges 3:7

    And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

  • Exodus 34:13

    but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

  • 1 Kings 14:15

    For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.

  • 2 Kings 21:3

    For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.