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Deuteronomy 16:21

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.

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Deuteronomy 16:21 in other translations

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

Deuteronomy 16:21 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 16:21 in context

  1. 19You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
  2. 20You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
  3. 21You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
  4. 22Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Yahweh your God hates.