Deuteronomy 7:25

7:25 You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent ¹  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:31

12:31 You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! ²  For everything that is abhorrent ³  to him, ⁴  everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

[7:25]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “abhorrent; detestable”) describes anything detestable to the Lord because of its innate evil or inconsistency with his own nature and character. Frequently such things (or even persons) must be condemned to annihilation (חֵרֶם, kherem) lest they become a means of polluting or contaminating others (cf. Deut 13:17; 20:17-18). See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:315.

[12:31]  ² tn Heb “you must not do thus to/for the Lord your God.”

[12:31]  ³ tn See note on this term at Deut 7:25.

[12:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “every abomination of the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 27.