Judges 3:7
New Living Translation
Othniel Becomes Israel’s Judge
7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot about the Lord their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
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Judges 3:7
Lexham English Bible
Othniel
7 The Israelites[a] did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They forgot Yahweh their God, and they served the Baals and the Asheroth.[b]
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- Judges 3:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 3:7 Asheroth are cultic poles set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah
Judges 6:25-26
New Living Translation
25 That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it. 26 Then build an altar to the Lord your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”
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Judges 6:25-26
Lexham English Bible
25 Now on that same night Yahweh said to him, “Take the bull of the cattle that belongs to your father, and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah[a] that is beside it; 26 and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold in the proper arrangement, and take a second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah[b] that you will cut down.
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- Judges 6:25 An Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah
- Judges 6:26 An Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah
Judges 6:28
New Living Translation
28 Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been broken down and that the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down. In their place a new altar had been built, and on it were the remains of the bull that had been sacrificed.
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Judges 6:28
Lexham English Bible
Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal
28 When the men of the city got up early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal and the Asherah[a] that was beside it were cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.
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- Judges 6:28 An Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah
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