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Judges 6:25
New Catholic Bible
Judges 6:25
New Catholic Bible
25 [a]Now that same night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s spare ox, the ox that is seven years old. Break down the altar to Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.
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- Judges 6:25 It seems that an Israelite was employed to guard the pagan sanctuary of the village. Idolatry does not, strictly speaking, mean the suppression of the worship of the Lord, but rather participation also in other forms of worship. In Canaan, the worship of the Baals, the divinities of fruitfulness and the harvest, seduced the Israelites once they too had become farmers.
Judges 6:25
New International Version
Judges 6:25
New International Version
25 That same night the Lord said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old.[a] Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole[b](A) beside it.
Footnotes
- Judges 6:25 Or Take a full-grown, mature bull from your father’s herd
- Judges 6:25 That is, a wooden symbol of the goddess Asherah; also in verses 26, 28 and 30
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