^3-4 (A) Respect your father and your mother, honor the Sabbath, and don't make idols or images. I am the Lord your God.

^3-4 (A) Respect your father and your mother, honor the Sabbath, and don't make idols or images. I am the Lord your God.

^4 (A) Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.

^8 (A) Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth.

Don't Set Up Sacred Poles or Stones

Moses said to Israel:

^21 (A) When you build the altar for offering sacrifices to the Lord your God, don't set up a sacred pole^[a] for the worship of the goddess Asherah.

^22 (A) And don't set up a sacred stone! The Lord hates these things.

^16-17 When we lived in Egypt, you saw the Egyptians worship disgusting idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold. Then as we traveled through other nations, you saw those people worship other disgusting idols. ^18 (A) So make sure that everyone in your tribe remains faithful to the Lord and never starts worshiping gods of other nations.

If even one of you worships idols, you will be like the root of a plant that produces bitter, poisonous fruit.