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Deuteronomy 16:21  
 21 aThou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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a HEB Thou shalt not plant thee an asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar (an asherah was a fertility idol made of a tree trunk)

a 1 Kgs. 14:15

  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 dgroves, provoking the Lord to anger.

a 2 Kgs. 17:16 (15-16)

  16  And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a bgrove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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