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


In Context

18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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

22 and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.

Deuteronomy 16:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thyself an Asherah of any wood near unto the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make for thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21You 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:21'Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:21You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.