Deuteronomy 16:21

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove, nor any tree beside the altar of the Lord thy God that thou makest thee,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James 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.

In Context

20Thou shalt follow that which is surely true, that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

22nor erect a statue which the Lord thy God abhorreth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall you do to them: you shall pull down their altars, break their statues in pieces, cut down their (sacred) groves and burn their images with fire.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:19-22

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any… Read the whole commentary →

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