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1 Kings 12:30-32
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Kings 12:30-32
EasyEnglish Bible
30 But that caused the Israelite people to do a very bad thing. They went to Bethel and to Dan to worship the gold cows.
31 Jeroboam also built places on hills for people to worship. He chose men who were not from Levi's tribe to be priests. 32 He decided to have a festival on the 15th day of the eighth month each year. He wanted it to be like the festival that they had in Judah.[a] He offered sacrifices on the altar in Bethel to the gold cows that he had made. He also chose priests to serve at the places that he built for people to worship.
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- 12:32 The festival in Judah was probably the Feast of Huts.
1 Kings 12:30-32
New International Version
1 Kings 12:30-32
New International Version
30 And this thing became a sin;(A) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[a]
31 Jeroboam built shrines(B) on high places and appointed priests(C) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth(D) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,(E) sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.
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- 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan
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