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Deuteronomy 16:22
22Do not put up any stone pillar as an idol. The Lord your God hates everything like that.
Deuteronomy 16:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
- New International Version (NIV)and do not erect a sacred stone, for these the Lord your God hates.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
Context of Deuteronomy 16:22
20Make sure that there is justice for everyone in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you. Then the land will belong to you and you will enjoy life in it. 21When you build an altar to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God, do not put any Asherah pole there. Do not put up any stone pillar as an idol. The Lord your God hates everything like that.
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וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ מַצֵּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵ֖א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 16:22
- Exodus 20:4You must not make any idol for yourself. Do not make a false god in the shape of anything that is in the sky above. Do not make one in the shape of anything on the earth or in the sea.
- Leviticus 26:1You must not make idols from stones and worship them. You must not draw things on stones and bend down in front of them. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:31No! You must not worship the Lord your God in the same way that those people worship their gods. When they worship, they do wicked things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children with fire, to make sacrifices to their gods.
- Jeremiah 44:4Many times I sent my servants the prophets to speak to them. They warned them, ‘Do not do this disgusting thing that the Lord hates!’
- Zechariah 8:17Do not think to do bad things against other people. Do not use my name to promise things and then not do those things. All these things make me very angry.’
- Revelation 2:6But this is something that you do well: you hate the bad things that the Nicolaitans are doing. I also hate what they do.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 Care 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 to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in gospel days, and under a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Asherah pole … sacred pillar: See study note on 7:5; also see 12:3; Isaiah 27:8–9; Micah 5:13–15.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Neither shalt thou set thee up any image--erroneously rendered so for "pillar"; pillars of various kinds, and materials of wood or stone were erected in the neighborhood of altars. Sometimes they were conical or oblong, at other times they served as pedestals for the statues of idols. A superstitious reverence was attached to them, and hence they were forbidden.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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