Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the REVISED STANDARD VERSION ( RSV ). Judges 6:24-27 read as follows:
"Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it, The LORD is peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites. That night the LORD said to him, 'Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it; and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down. So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night."
The word "Asherah" is defined as follows: "A fertility goddess, the mother of Baal, whose worship was concentrated in Syria and Canaan and the wooden object that represented her. . . ." [ See HOLMAN BIBLE DICTIONARY, HOLMAN BIBLE PUBLISHERS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, Copyright 1991 Holman Bible Publishers, p. 111. ]
Moreover, Jeremiah 10:8 ( NKJV; with center-column references ) reads as follows: "But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; a wooden idol is a worthless doctrine." The phrase "worthless doctrine," in this passage from the Holy Bible, has an equivalent translation, which is "vain teaching." We see just how worthless the Asherah was, since the LORD commanded ( see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, Ecclesiastes 12:13, and 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, for example ) Gideon ( see verses 24 and 25 ) to offer the second bull as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah ( see verse 26 ). See also Matthew 28:18, John 1:1, 14; 3:16, 17; 5:26, 27; 7:16; 8:26; 10:30; 14:6; 17:17; Romans 1:20 ( see Romans 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ), Colossians 2:8, 9, Titus 1:1, 2, James 4:7, and 1 John 5:6-8, for example.
Additionally, the first commandment reads as follows: "You shall have no other gods before Me" ( see Exodus 20:3; NKJV; with center-column references ). Jesus ( see Matthew 4:10 ) said to the devil ( see Matthew 4:8 ), the following: "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve'" ( see Matthew 4:10; NKJV; with center-column references ). Please study the Holy Bible ( see 2 Timothy 2:15, for example ).
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