Deuteronomy 16:20-22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²⁰ Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

²¹ “You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole^[a] beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God,^{(A) 22} nor shall you set up a stone pillar—things that the Lord your God hates.