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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 12:2

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:2 green tree: The Canaanites selected groves of trees for worship sites because their lush foliage demonstrated fertility. Sometimes trees were stylized in the form of wooden poles driven into the ground and dedicated to the worship of the mother goddess, Asherah (see 7:5).
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