"You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 16:21
Surrounding context
16:20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
16:21 "You shall not plant for yourself any tree, as a wooden image, near the altar which you build for yourself to the LORD your God.
16:22 You shall not set up a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.