If you do forget the Lord your God and follow other gods to serve and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.

Take care, or you will be seduced into turning away, serving other gods and worshiping them,

A Prescribed Place of Worship

“Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see.

Forbidden Forms of Worship

“You shall not plant any tree as a sacred pole beside the altar that you make for the Lord your God,

by going to serve other gods and worshiping them—whether the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden—

They turned and served other gods, worshiping them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them;

Praise, O heavens, his people; worship him, all you gods! For he will avenge the blood of his children and take vengeance on his adversaries; he will repay those who hate him and cleanse the land for his people.”