Exodus 23:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Hebrew
You must not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

bow down
תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה (ṯiš·ta·ḥă·weh)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

to their gods
לֵאלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ (lê·lō·hê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

or serve them
תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם (ṯā·‘ā·ḇə·ḏêm)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

or
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

follow
תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ṯa·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

their practices.
כְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם (kə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

Instead,
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you are to demolish them
הָרֵס֙ (hā·rês)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

and smash their sacred stones
מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (maṣ·ṣê·ḇō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4676: Something stationed, a column, an idol

to pieces.
וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר (wə·šab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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