^24 (A)You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; ^(B)but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their ^(C)memorial stones in pieces.

Blessings of Obedience

26 ‘You shall not make for yourselves ^(A)idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves ^(B)a carved image or ^(C)a memorial stone, nor shall you place a ^(D)figured stone in your land to bow down ^[a]to it; for I am the Lord your God.

⁵ But this is what you shall do to them: ^(A)you shall tear down their altars, smash their memorial stones, cut their ^[a]Asherim to pieces, and burn their carved images in the fire.

³ And ^(A)you shall tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones to pieces, and burn their ^[a]Asherim in the fire, and cut to pieces the carved images of their gods; and you shall ^(B)eliminate their name from that place.

³⁰ be careful that you are not ensnared ^[a]to follow them, after they are destroyed from your presence, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’