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Deuteronomio 16:22
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Ni te levantarás estatua; lo cual aborrece Jehová tu Dios.
Ni te levantarás estatua; lo cual aborrece Jehová tu Dios.
Ni te levantarás estatua; lo cual aborrece el SEÑOR tu Dios.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
image: or, statue, or pillar, Exodus 20:4, Leviticus 26:1
which: Deuteronomy 12:31, Jeremiah 44:4, Zechariah 8:17, Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:5 - images Deuteronomy 12:4 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Neither shalt thou set up any image,.... Graven or molten, of man, beast, fish, or fowl; the word signifies a "statue or pillar" c which was set up for idolatry; for, as Aben Ezra observes, what was not set up for idolatry was not forbidden, as when erected in memory of any action or remarkable event; see Joshua 22:10, c.
which the Lord thy God hateth as he does every species, of idolatry, or that has any tendency to it; it being so opposite to his being, perfections, and glory; and therefore nothing should be done like it, because it is so hateful to him.
c מצבה στηλην, Sept. "statuam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tig. vers. Fagius, Drusius, Grotius, Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
These verses are closely connected in subject with the following chapter, and introduce certain directions for the administration of justice and the carrying on of the civil government of the people in Canaan. During the lifetime of Moses, he himself, especially inspired and guided by God, was sufficient, with the aid of the subordinate judges (compare Exodus 18:13 ff), for the duties in question. But now that Moses was to be withdrawn, and the people would soon be scattered up and down the land of Canaan, regular and permanent provision must be made for civil and social order and good government.
Deuteronomy 16:21
A grove ... - Render, Thou shalt not plant for thee any tree as an idol: literally as an Asherah,†“i. e.†an image of Astarte or Ashtaroth, the Phoenician goddess (compare Deuteronomy 7:5 note, Deuteronomy 7:13 note). The word is rendered “grove†by the King James Version also in Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3; Exodus 34:13; Judges 6:25, but cannot be maintained, for the word is connected with various verbs which are quite inapplicable to a grove. The wooden idol in question was the stem of a tree, stripped of its boughs, set upright in the ground, and rudely carved with emblems.
