Catholic Public Domain Version
"You shall not plant a sacred grove, nor shall you plant any tree near the altar of the Lord your God; "
— Deuteronomy 16:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”
“Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee. ”
“You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.”
“Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.”
“Thou shalt plant no grove, nor any tree near the altar of the Lord thy God:”
“Let no holy tree of any sort be planted by the altar of the Lord your God which you will make.”
“Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.”
You shall appoint judges and magistrates at all your gates, which the Lord your God will give to you, throughout each of your tribes, so that they may judge the people with a just judgment,
and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person’s reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.
You shall justly pursue what is just, so that you may live and possess the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
You shall not plant a sacred grove, nor shall you plant any tree near the altar of the Lord your God;
you shall neither make nor set up for yourself a statue. These things the Lord your God hates.”