You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 16:21 in context
Deuteronomy 16:18–22
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You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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You 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.
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You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
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You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the LORD your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
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Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which the LORD your God hates.
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