Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #10 of 613
Not to take interest in the worship of false gods
שלא לפנות אחר עבודה זרה
The verse · Vayikra 19:4
אַל־תִּפְנוּ אֶל־הָאֱלִילִם וֵאלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם אֲנִי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
“Turn not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.”
The Rambam’s words
Not to take interest in the worship of false gods, as [Leviticus 19:4] states: "Do not turn to false gods."
שלא לפנות אחר עבודה זרה, שנאמר (ויקרא יט, ד): "אל תפנו אל האלילים".
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #213
To not turn after the worship of idols — not in thought, not in speech and not in vision
“The root of distancing ourselves from idolatry is well-known to every man.”
Who & when
“And this prohibition is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Foreign Worship and Customs of the Nations הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים