3. Wherever these nations worship their gods, you must tear down their altars, break their sacred stones, burn the sacred poles used in worshipping the goddess Asherah, and smash their idols to pieces. Destroy these places of worship so completely that no one will remember they were ever there.
4. Don't worship the Lord your God in the way those nations worship their gods.
22. It is the same as eating the meat from a deer or a gazelle that you kill when you go hunting. And in this way, anyone who is unclean and unfit for worship can have some of the meat.
25. Do you want the Lord to make you successful? Do you want your children to be successful even after you are gone? Then do what pleases the Lord and don't eat blood.
28. If you obey these laws, you will be doing what the Lord your God says is right and good. Then he will help you and your descendants be successful.
29. Israel, as you go into the land and attack the nations that are there, the Lord will get rid of them, and you can have their land.
30. But that's when you must be especially careful not to ask, “How did those nations worship their gods? Shouldn't we worship the Lord in the same way?”