12 (A)Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. 13 But you shall (B)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (C)cut down their wooden images 14 (for you shall worship (D)no other god, for the Lord, whose (E)name is Jealous, is a (F)jealous God),

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12 Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(B) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](C) 14 Do not worship any other god,(D) for the Lord, whose name(E) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

21 (A)“You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a [a]wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the Lord your God.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:21 Or Asherah

Worshiping Other Gods

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole(A) beside the altar you build to the Lord your God,(B)

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14 I will pluck your [a]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.

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  1. Micah 5:14 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[a](A)
    when I demolish your cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah