Today, we will discuss Asherah Poles, Astarte and Asherah, Baal and Molech. 

*I have put an explicit warning because of the gruesome content we will be discussing. It may or will not be suitable for little ears.* 

I will briefly give you a back story on what Asherah Poles were, who were these pagan gods the Israelites kept bowing down to, and why it was so detestable to God. 

Sympathetic Magic from a secular source:

https://www.learnreligions.com/sympathetic-magic-2561922 

Asherah, Baal and Molech Sources:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/asherah-and-the-asherim-goddess-or-cult-symbol/

https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Baal.html

https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/fertility-cults-of-canaan

https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/innocent-blood

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-is-an-asherah-pole.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Molech.html

Bible References:

Israelites would burn their children to Molech, to Baal it seems to have been with blood. 

Jeremiah 7:31

Jeremiah 5:7‭-‬11 ESV

1 Kings 14:23‭-‬24 ESV

Jeremiah 7:31 NASB1995

Jeremiah 5:7‭-‬11 ESV

Jeremiah 3:22‭-‬23 ESV

Jeremiah 3:6‭-‬10 ESV

Jeremiah 8:18‭-‬22 NASB1995

Jeremiah 4:18 ESV

Ezekiel 16:20‭-‬21 NASB1995

Leviticus 20:1‭-‬2 NASB1995

Psalms 106:37‭-‬38 NASB1995

Deuteronomy 18:10 NASB1995

2 Kings 17:17‭-‬18 NASB1995

2 Kings 3:27 NASB1995

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