Deuteronomy 16:22

16:22 You must not erect a sacred pillar, ¹  a thing the Lord your God detests.

Leviticus 26:1

Exhortation to Obedience

26:1 “‘You must not make for yourselves idols, ²  so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before ³  it, for I am the Lord your God.

[16:22]  ¹ sn Sacred pillar. This refers to the stelae (stone pillars; the Hebrew term is מַצֵּבֹת, matsevot) associated with Baal worship, perhaps to mark a spot hallowed by an alleged visitation of the gods. See also Deut 7:5.

[26:1]  ² sn For the literature regarding the difficult etymology and meaning of the term for “idols” (אֱלִילִם, ’elilim), see the literature cited in the note on Lev 19:4. It appears to be a diminutive play on words with אֵל (’el, “god, God”) and, perhaps at the same time, recalls a common Semitic word for “worthless, weak, powerless, nothingness.” Snaith suggests a rendering of “worthless godlings.”

[26:1]  ³ tn Heb “on.” The “sculpted stone” appears to be some sort of stone with images carved into (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 181, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 449).