DEUTERONOMY 16:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”
You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of the LORD your God that you make — the prohibition of the Asherah pole (sacred feminine tree) prevents the syncretistic practice of neighboring religions, maintaining cultic purity and the exclusive worship of the God of Israel.
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