21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 16:21
Three Feasts and Just Judges: The Covenant Calendar and the Justice That Guards It
From Passover and the memory of the exodus night (vv. 1-8) through the Feast of Weeks and the agricultural firstfruits thanksgiving (vv. 9-12) to the Feast of Booths and the harvest's completion (vv. 13-15), the three-times-a-year summary (vv. 16-17), the appointment of just judges (vv. 18-20), and the closing cultic prohibitions (vv. 21-22).
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Verse 21
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Do not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle set up תִטַּ֥ע H5193 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular any כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct wooden עֵ֑ץ H6086 Noun - masculine singular Asherah pole אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה H842 Noun - feminine singular next to אֵ֗צֶל H681 Preposition the altar מִזְבַּ֛ח H4196 Noun - masculine singular construct you will build תַּעֲשֶׂה־ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular for the LORD יְהוָ֥ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative