Deuteronomy 16:20-22

International Standard Version

²⁰ You are to pursue justice—and only justice—so you may live and possess the land that the Lord your God is about to give you.”

Prohibited Practices

²¹ “You are not to set up a sacred pole^[a] beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will build. ²² Furthermore, you are not to erect for yourselves a sacred stone pillar, because the Lord your God detests these things.