21Do 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 notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleset upתִטַּ֥עH5193Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularanyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructwoodenעֵ֑ץH6086Noun - masculine singularAsherah poleאֲשֵׁרָ֖הH842Noun - feminine singularnext toאֵ֗צֶלH681Prepositionthe altarמִזְבַּ֛חH4196Noun - masculine singular constructyou will buildתַּעֲשֶׂה־H6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularfor the LORDיְהוָ֥הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relative