Exodus 23:24
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24 You must not bow down to their gods or worship them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[a] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.(A)
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- Exodus 23:24 Probably the idols
Deuteronomy 18:9
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Occult Practices versus Prophetic Revelation
9 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.
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2 Kings 16:3
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3 but walked in the way of the kings of Israel.(A) He even made his son pass through the fire,[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)
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- 2 Kings 16:3 Either a Canaanite cult practice or child sacrifice
2 Kings 17:15
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15 They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors(A) and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves,(B) following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.(C)
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2 Kings 21:2
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2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,(A) imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)
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3 John 11
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11 Dear friend,[a] do not imitate what is evil,(A) but what is good. The one who does good is of God;(B) the one who does evil has not seen God.(C)
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- 3 John 1:11 Or Beloved
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