Leviticus 20:23

23 aAnd 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

30take care bthat 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 cYou shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every dabominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for ethey even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

Deuteronomy 16:21-22

Forbidden Forms of Worship

21“You shall not plant any tree as fan Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make. 22And you shall not set up a pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

Deuteronomy 20:18

18that gthey may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you hsin against the Lord your God.

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