2 Chronicles 13:9

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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

2 Chronicles 11:14

Made you priests

1 Kings 12:31

1 Kings 13:33

Young

Exodus 29:1

Leviticus 8:2

No gods

Bible References

Cast out

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD.

Made you priests

And he made a house of high places and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places; whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Young

And this is what thou shalt do unto them to sanctify them that they shall be my priests: Take one young bullock and two perfect rams

Take Aaron and his sons with him and the garments and the anointing oil and the bullock for the sin and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread

No gods

They sacrificed unto devils, not to God, to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came from nearby, whom your fathers feared not.

and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood or stone; therefore, they have destroyed them.

Has a nation changed their gods? Even though they are not gods. But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

For it is of Israel; and a workman made it who is not God: because the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands

However then, when ye did not know God, ye did service unto those who by nature are not gods.