And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.

Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the Lord your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,

A Prescribed Place of Worship

“These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.

You shall not worship the Lord your God with such things.

You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

and now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’ “Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.

for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them.

But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,