Lev 18:3, 20:23, Deu 12:30-31, Eze 20:32 | ESV | STEP | You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt , where you lived , and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan , to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes .

Leviticus 18:3

3 ^aYou shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and ^byou shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.

Leviticus 20:23

23 ^cAnd you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.

Deuteronomy 12:30-31

30 take care ^dthat you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’ 31 ^eYou shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every ^fabominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for ^gthey even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

Ezekiel 20:32

32 ^h“What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ⁱ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, ^jand worship wood and stone.’