1 Kings 13:33
King Jeroboam of Israel still did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from ordinary families to serve at the altars he had built. He ordained as priest anyone who wanted to be one.
2 Chronicles 11:15
As an alternative, Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.
2 Chronicles 13:9
You drove out Jehovah's priests! You evicted the descendants of Aaron and the Levites. In their place you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of those so-called gods of yours.
Exodus 28:41
Dress your brother Aaron and his sons in these clothes and anoint them, ordain them, and set them apart to serve me as priests.
Numbers 1:51
When the tent is to be moved, the Levites will take it down. When we camp, they will set it up. Anyone else who comes near the tent will be put to death.
Numbers 3:10
Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to do the priests' duties must be put to death.
Numbers 17:5
The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron.
Numbers 17:12-13
The Israelites said to Moses: Now we are going to die! We will perish! We are all lost!
Judges 17:12
He lived in Micah's home. Micah made him his priest.
1 Kings 12:31-33
Jeroboam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.
Psalm 78:34
When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God.
Jeremiah 18:4
When a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it.
Amos 6:11
For, behold, Jehovah commanded, and the great house will be struck to pieces and the little house to tiny bits.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.