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Do not plant a tree in the Temple courtyard

Commandment 52ProhibitionParashat ShoftimIdolatry and Gentile Customs

Scripture

"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.

Hebrew

כא לֹא-תִטַּע לְךָ אֲשֵׁרָה, כָּל-עֵץ: אֵצֶל, מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ--אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה-לָּךְ.

Greek

21 Οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος, πᾶν ξύλον, παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου, ὃ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ.

Classification

  • Parashah: Shoftim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 492
  • Mishneh Torah: Knowledge — Idolatry and Gentile Customs

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.