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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 34:13

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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34:13 Asherah was a Canaanite fertility goddess who would continue to be a temptation throughout Israel’s history (see, e.g., Judg 6:25; 1 Kgs 14:15; 2 Kgs 23:15). • The poles seem to have been fertility symbols.
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