²¹ “Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ You shall not plant for yourselves any kind of tree dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make.

Rules for worship

²¹ Don’t plant any tree to serve as a sacred pole next to the altar you make for the Lord your God.

²¹ “You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves.

Don’t Set Up Sacred Poles or Stones

Moses said to Israel:

²¹ 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.

²¹ Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God:

God Hates Idols

²¹ “When you set up an altar for the Lord your God, you must not place beside the altar any of the wooden poles that honor the goddess Asherah.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ “You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ “You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make.

God Hates Idols

²¹ Do not set up a wooden ·Asherah idol [^LAsherah; 7:5; Judg. 3:7] next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,

²¹ ¶ Thou shalt plant thee no grove of any trees near unto the Altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ When you build the altar for the Lord your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

²¹ “When you make an altar for the Lord your God, do not put beside it a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah.

Forbidden Worship

²¹ “Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the Lord your God,

²¹ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ There must be no sacred wood around the Lord’s altar, no tree of any kind,

²¹ You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah pole beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.

^21-22 Don’t plant fertility Asherah trees alongside the Altar of God, your God, that you build. Don’t set up phallic sex pillars—God, your God, hates them.

²¹ When you build the altar for Yahweh your Elohim, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.

²¹ “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.

God Hates Idols

²¹ Do not set up a wooden Asherah idol next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,

Examples of Legal Cases

²¹ 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.

Don’t Worship Other Gods

²¹ Don’t set up a wooden pole that is used to worship the goddess Asherah. Don’t set it up beside the altar you build to worship the Lord your God.

Worshiping Other Gods

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

Worshipping other gods

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

²¹ “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.

²¹ “When you make an altar for the Lord your God, do not put beside it a wooden god like the false goddess Asherah.

²¹ “You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God;

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God;

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God;

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God;

²¹ Thou shalt not set up any tree as an Asherah near unto the Mizbe’ach of Hashem Eloheicha, which thou shalt make thee.

²¹ “You shall not plant any tree as an Ashe′rah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ “You shall not plant any tree as an Ashe′rah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make.

²¹ You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.

²¹ Thou shalt not plant a wood, and each tree (or any tree), by the altar of thy Lord God; (Thou shalt not plant a sacred grove, or put up a pole, beside the altar of the Lord thy God;)

²¹ `Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,