And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam (A)made for you as gods. (B)Have you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, (C)so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of (D)things that are not gods? 10 But as for us, the Lord is our (E)God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who minister to the Lord are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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