21 (A)You shall not plant for yourself an [a]Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God, which you shall make for yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:21 I.e., wooden symbol of a female deity

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B)

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He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and (A)ground it to dust, and (B)threw its dust on the graves of the [a]common people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:6 Lit sons of the people

He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(A) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(B) and scattered the dust over the graves(C) of the common people.(D)

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