take heed to yourself that you seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before you, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.

You shall not do so to your God; for they have sacrificed to their gods the abominations of the Lord which He hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

You shall not plant for yourself a grove; you shall not plant for yourself any tree near the altar of your God.

You shall not set up for yourself a pillar, which the Lord your God hates.

that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and [so] you should sin before the Lord your God.

And walk not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them: