24 Do not bow in worship to their gods, and do not serve them. Do not imitate their practices. Instead, demolish them[a] and smash their sacred pillars to pieces.(A)

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  1. 23:24 Probably the idols

24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship(A) them or follow their practices.(B) You must demolish(C) them and break their sacred stones(D) to pieces.

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18 so that they won’t teach you to do all the detestable acts they do for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.(A)

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18 Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods,(A) and you will sin(B) against the Lord your God.

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24 there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.(A) They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)

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24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors(A) and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves,(B) following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.(C)

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15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(A) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(B) and themselves became worthless.(C) They imitated the nations(D) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

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47 Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before all your ways were more corrupt than theirs.(A)

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47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(A)

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