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NASB					Ex 34:13 "^ABut rather, you are to tear⁵⁴²² down⁵⁴²² their altars⁴¹⁹⁶ and smash⁷⁶⁶⁵ their sacred pillars⁴⁶⁷⁶ and cut³⁷⁷² down³⁷⁷² their ¹ ^BAsherim⁸⁴²
AMPLIFIED 2015					Ex 34:13 "But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their ¹Asherim

NASB Translator's Notes:
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I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Symbols of the mother-goddess Asherah, usually a tree or pole dedicated to her and placed near her many shrines.

NASB Cross References:
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Ex 23:24 "You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.

Deut 16:21 ¶ "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.

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Greek Heb.

842

Asherah (81b); of for. or.; a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same:--Asherah(18), Asherim(20), Asheroth(2).

3772

karath (503c); a prim. root; to cut off, cut down:--beams(3), cease(1), chewed(1), completely cut off(1), covenanted(1), cut(10), cut her off(1), cut him off(5), cut it down(1), cut it off(1), cut them down(1), cut you down(1), cut you off(2), cut down(23), cut off(129), cuts(1), cuts off(4), cutter(1), destroy(1), destroyed(3), fail(1), kill(1), lack(8), made(52), make(31), makes(2), making(2), making an in writing(1), perish(1).

4196

mizbeach (258a); from 2076; an altar:--altar(349), altars(52).

4676

matstsebah (663a); from 5324; a pillar, stump:--obelisks(1), pillar(19), pillars(16), stump(2).

5422

nathats (683a); a prim. root; to pull down, break down:--break(1), broke down(15), broken(1), broken down(2), demolish(1), destroy(1), pull down(1), pulled down(2), razed(1), smashed(1), tear down(6), tore down(6), torn down(4).

7665

shabar (990c); a prim. root; to break, break in pieces:--abolish(1), break(25), break down(1), breaking in pieces(1), breaks(5), breaks in pieces(1), bring to the point(1), broke(9), broke in pieces(6), broke the in pieces(1), broke down(1), broken(55), broken down(1), broken off(1), brokenhearted*(3), collapse(1), crush(2), crushed(2), demolished(1), destroy(2), fractured(1), hurt(2), injured(1), pieces(1), placed(1), point of birth(1), quench(1), shatter(2), shattered(13), smash(3), smashed(2), tore down(1), torn(2).

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