Exodus 34:13
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13 Tear down their altars; smash their sacred stones, and cut down their asherahs.[a]
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- 34:13 Asherah was the name of a Canaanite goddess. In her honor wooden poles (asherot) were erected, just as stone pillars (massebot) were erected in honor of the god Baal. Both were placed near the altar in a Canaanite shrine.
Exodus 34:13
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- Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And when you look up to the heavens and behold the sun or the moon or the stars, the whole heavenly host, do not be led astray into bowing down to them and serving them.(A) These the Lord, your God, has apportioned to all the other nations under the heavens;
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Deuteronomy 4:19
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Deuteronomy 17:2-3
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2 (A)If there is found in your midst, in any one of the communities which the Lord, your God, gives you, a man or a woman who does evil in the sight of the Lord, your God, and transgresses his covenant,(B) 3 by going to serve other gods, by bowing down to them, to the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, contrary to my command;(C)
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Deuteronomy 17:2-3
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2 If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant,(A) 3 and contrary to my command(B) has worshiped other gods,(C) bowing down to them or to the sun(D) or the moon or the stars in the sky,(E)
1 Kings 12:28
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28 (A)The king took counsel, made two calves of gold, and said to the people: “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B)
1 Kings 16:33
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33 and also made an asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than any of the kings of Israel before him.
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1 Kings 16:33
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33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(A) and did more(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
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