Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
Cast out
Made you priests
Young
Bible References
Cast out
2 Chronicles 11:14
because the descendants of Levi left their pasture lands and their property to live in Judah and Jerusalem, since Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from participating in priestly services to the LORD.
Made you priests
1 Kings 12:31
Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi.
1 Kings 13:33
Despite everything that happened, Jeroboam never did repent of his evil practices. Instead, he appointed even more people to act as priests for the high places. Anyone who wanted to be a priest was ordained to be a priest in the high places.
Young
Exodus 29:1
"This is what you are to do to them in order to consecrate them to serve me as priests: Take a young bull, two rams without blemish,
Leviticus 8:2
"Take Aaron, his sons with him, the clothing, the anointing oil, the bull for sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread
No gods
Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to demons not to the real God gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared.
2 Kings 19:18
throwing their gods into the fire, since they weren't gods but rather were the product of men's handiwork wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
Hosea 8:6
Because from Israel it was fashioned by craftsmen, it is not God; therefore Samaria's calf will be broken in pieces.
Acts 19:26
You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.
Galatians 4:8
However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.