²⁵ The carved images of their gods ^(A)you shall burn with fire. You ^(B)shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ^(C)ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

³⁰ take care ^(A)that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not enquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’

²⁷ And Gideon ^(A)made an ephod of it and put it in his city, ^(B)in Ophrah. And all Israel ^(C)whored after it there, and it became a ^(D)snare to Gideon and to his family.

³³ They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, ^(A)it will surely be a snare to you.”