Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Altars » The jews not to plant groves near
You shall not plant for yourselves {an Asherah pole} beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
Groves » Forbidden to be established
Therefore by this he will make atonement [for] the guilt of Jacob, and this [will be] all of [the] fruit [of] the removal of his sin: {when he makes} all [the] stones of [the] altar like crushed stones of chalk, no poles of Asherah worship or incense altars will stand.
You shall not plant for yourselves {an Asherah pole} beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
For you will be ashamed of [the] oaks [in] which you delighted, and you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
it will not look to the altars, the work of its hands, and it will not see what its fingers made and the poles of Asherah worship and the incense altars.
Groves » Not to be planted near God's altar
You shall not plant for yourselves {an Asherah pole} beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
Trees » Laws concerning
You shall not plant for yourselves {an Asherah pole} beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.
" 'And any tithe of the land from the land's seed [or] from the fruit of the trees [is] for Yahweh; it [is] a holy object for Yahweh.
" 'And when you have come into the land and you plant any tree for food, {you shall regard its fruit as unharvestable}; [for] three years it shall be forbidden for you; it shall not be eaten.
"If you besiege a town [for] many days to make war against it [in order to] seize it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them, for you may eat from them, and [so] you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field humans that they should come in siege {against you}?
Trees » The jews » Prohibited from planting in consecrated places
You shall not plant for yourselves {an Asherah pole} beside the altar of Yahweh your God that you make for yourselves.