Deuteronomy 16:21 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thou, thee, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

groveThe groves (Heb. Asherim) so often mentioned in the OT were devoted to the worship of Ashtereth, the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Aphrodite of the Greeks,...

Matthew Henry

Of judges, Groves and images forbiddenCare is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken...

Thompson Chains

GrovesLink 2 of 12 · next Judges 6:25
Trees (1)Link 3 of 4 · next Deuteronomy 20:19
FruitLink 3 of 5 · next Matthew 21:19
Idolatry (1)Last of 6 links

Cross References

2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Chronicles 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Exodus 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
2 Kings 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
1 Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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Topics

Groves Forbidden to be established
Idolatry Denunciations against

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Bible Dictionary

LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

Thou shalt not plant לֹא lōʾ Negative תִטַּע tiṭṭaʿ נָטַע Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
thee a grove לְךָ lĕkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular אֲשֵׁרָה ʾăšērâ אֲשֵׁרָה Proper name
of any trees כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct עֵץ ʿēṣ עֵץ Noun · masculine singular
near unto אֵצֶל ʾēṣel אֵצֶל Preposition
the altar מִזְבַּח mizbaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct
of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
thy God אֱלֹהֶיךָ ʾĕlōhêkā אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
which thou shalt make אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative תַּעֲשֶׂה taʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular לָּךְ lāk Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular

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