Commentary for Avodah Zarah 102:22

יכול עשאום ולא גמרום גמרום ולא הביאום הביאום ולא נשתמשו בהן יכול יהו אסורים ת"ל אשר עבדו שם הגוים שאין אסורין עד שיעבדו מכאן אמרו עבודת כוכבים של עובד כוכבים אינה אסורה עד שתיעבד ושל ישראל אסורה מיד דברי ר' ישמעאל

It might have been that if they made them but did not complete them, or completed them but did not bring them [into the idolatrous shrine], or brought them there but did not use them, they would still be prohibited; therefore the text states, “Where the nations worshipped,” they are not prohibited until they have been used in the worship From here they said: The idol of an idolater is not prohibited until it is worshipped; but if it belonged to an Israelite it is prohibited immediately, the words of R. Yishmael;

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