^4 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

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

³⁰ take care ^(A)that 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 (B)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every ^(C)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for ^(D)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

^23 (A)And 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.

¹⁸ that ^(A)they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you ^(B)sin against the Lord your God.