Ulangan 16:21

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16:21 You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole ¹  near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

Ulangan 16:2

16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal ²  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he ³  chooses to locate his name.

1 Raja-raja 1:4

1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ⁴ 

[16:21]  ¹ tn Heb “an Asherah, any tree.”

[16:21]  sn Sacred Asherah pole. This refers to a tree (or wooden pole) dedicated to the worship of Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. See also Deut 7:5.

[16:2]  ² tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[1:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not know her.”