^23 (A)And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and ^(B)therefore I abhor them.

^5 (A)It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may ^[a]fulfill the ^(B)word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

^24 (A)‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; ^(B)for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

³⁰ ‘Therefore you shall keep My ^[a]ordinance, so ^(A)that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: ^(B)I am the Lord your God.’ ”

^3 (A)According to ^[a]the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and ^(B)according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ^[b]ordinances.

³⁰ take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ ^31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every ^[a]abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for ^(B)they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

²⁷ (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

⁸ I ^[a]dismissed the three shepherds ^(A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Idols and the True God

10 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.

² Thus says the Lord: