Deuteronomy 16:21

Examples of Legal Cases

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.

Micah 5:14

5:14 I will uproot your images of Asherah ²  from your midst,

and destroy your idols. ³ 

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

[5:14]  ² tn Or “Asherah poles.”

[5:14]  ³ tn The MT reads “your cities,” but many emend the text to צִרֶיךָ (tsirekha, “your images”) or עֲצַבֶּיךָ (’atsbbekha, “your idols”).