Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Altars » The jews not to plant groves near
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
Groves » Forbidden to be established
By this Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin. When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship. You will be embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.
They will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the sacred poles (Asherim) or the altars of incense.
Groves » Not to be planted near God's altar
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
Trees » Laws concerning
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.
One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
When you come into the land and plant all kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat the fruit for the first three years.
This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.
Trees » The jews » Prohibited from planting in consecrated places
When you build the altar for Jehovah your God, never plant beside it any tree dedicated to the goddess Asherah.