Deuteronomio 16:21

Exhortación contra la idolatría

21 »No levantarás ninguna imagen de la diosa Aserá junto al altar que edifiques para el SEÑOR tu Dios;

Deuteronomio 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Deuteronomio 16:21 In-Context

19 No pervertirás la justicia ni actuarás con parcialidad. No aceptarás soborno, pues el soborno nubla los ojos del sabio y tuerce las palabras del justo.

20 Seguirás la justicia y solamente la justicia, para que puedas vivir y poseer la tierra que te da el SEÑOR tu Dios.

21 »No levantarás ninguna imagen de la diosa Aserá junto al altar que edifiques para el SEÑOR tu Dios;

22 tampoco erigirás piedras sagradas, porque el SEÑOR tu Dios las aborrece.