Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #3 of 613
Not to make false gods even for others
שלא לעשות עבודה זרה ואפילו לאחרים
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 make false gods even for others, as [Leviticus 19:4] states: "Do not make molten gods for yourselves."
שלא לעשות עבודה זרה ואפילו לאחרים, שנאמר "ואלוהי מסכה, לא תעשו לכם" (ויקרא יט,ד).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #214
To not make idols not for himself and not for those besides him
“The root of distancing ourselves from idolatry is well-known.”
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