Midras Ulangan 12:30: Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai & Sifrei Devarim

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ פֶּן־תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י הִשָּׁמְדָ֣ם מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וּפֶן־תִּדְרֹ֨שׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֨ר אֵיכָ֨ה יַעַבְד֜וּ הַגּוֹיִ֤ם הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־כֵּ֖ן גַּם־אָֽנִי׃

maka hati-hatilah, jangan sampai kamu terseret mengikuti mereka setelah mereka dimusnahkan dari hadapanmu, dan jangan sampai kamu mencari tahu tentang allah mereka dengan berkata, “Bagaimanakah bangsa-bangsa ini menyembah allah mereka? Aku pun akan berbuat demikian.”

Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai

..."Visiting (poked)" - visiting is always to remember. And so it states (Genesis 21:1), "And the Lord visited Sarah"; and it states (Exodus 3:16), "I will surely visit you." R. Yehudah says, "I gather together the iniquities with me, and suspend them until the fourth generation; as with Jehu, the son of Nimshi. Accordingly, it states [about him] (II Kings 15:12), "Four generations of your descendants shall occupy the throne of Israel." And so it was for him...
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Sifrei Devarim

(Devarim 12:30) "Take heed unto yourselves": a negative commandment. "lest they be a stumbling block to you": a negative commandment.
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