Deuteronomy 16:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments

grove

The groves (Hebrew, "Asherim") so often mentioned in the Old Testament were devoted to the worship of Ashtereth, the Babylonian goddess, "Ishtar", the "Aphrodite" of the Greeks, the Roman, "Venus".

( See Scofield) - (Judges 2:13).

Deuteronomy 16:21

21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.