Shēnméngjì 16:21

21 Nǐ wéi Yēhéhuá nǐde shén zhú tán , bùkĕ zaì tán páng zāi shénme shùmù zuòwéi mùǒu .

Shēnméngjì 16:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 16:21

Thou shall not plant thee a grove of any trees
Of any sort of trees, as oaks or any other; not but that it was lawful to plant trees and groves of them, but not for a religious or idolatrous use: particularly

near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee;
as the Heathens did near their altars, lest it should be thought to be done for a like superstitious and idolatrous use; which evil the Jews sometimes fell into in the times of wicked reigns, and which their good and pious kings removed and destroyed; see ( 2 Kings 18:4 ) ( 21:3 ) ( 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kings 23:7 2 Kings 23:14 2 Kings 23:15 ) and Hecataeus F2, an Heathen historian, relates of the city of Jerusalem, that there were there no image, nor plantation, nor grove, nor any such thing.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408.

Shēnméngjì 16:21 In-Context

19 Bùkĕ qū wǎng zhèngzhí . bùkĕ kàn rén de waìmào . yĕ bùkĕ shòu huìlù . yīnwei huìlù néng jiào zhìhuì rén de yǎn biàn xiā le , yòu néng diāndǎo yì rén de huà .
20 Nǐ yào zhuīqiú zhì gōng zhì yì , hǎo jiào nǐ cún huó , chéngshòu Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ cì nǐde dì .
21 Nǐ wéi Yēhéhuá nǐde shén zhú tán , bùkĕ zaì tán páng zāi shénme shùmù zuòwéi mùǒu .
22 Yĕ bùkĕ wéi zìjǐ shèlì zhù xiàng . zhè shì Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ hèn è de .
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