• Joshua 23:6, 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 6 “Now you must be very courageous to observe and carry out all that is written in the book of the Law+ of Moses by never deviating from it to the right or to the left,+ 7 by never mingling with these nations+ that remain with you. You must not even mention the names of their gods+ nor swear by them, and you must never serve them nor bow down to them.+

  • Zephaniah 1:4, 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    •  4 “I will stretch out my hand against Judah

      And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

      And I will wipe out from this place every vestige* of Baʹal,+

      The name of the foreign-god priests along with the priests,+

       5 And those who bow down on the rooftops to the army of the heavens,+

      And those who bow down and pledge loyalty to Jehovah+

      While pledging loyalty to Malʹcam;+