DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON Deuteronomy 7:5 All the objects used in Canaanite religion are to be totally destroyed so that they will not be a trap for Israel (see v. Deuteronomy 7:16 and note on 12:2–3). The pillars were made of stone. Asherim were wooden poles decorated with female fertility symbols (see note on Judg. 6:25–26).

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