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
Israelites would burn their children to Molech, to Baal it seems to have been with blood.
Jeremiah 8:18-22 NASB1995
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
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