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31 And (A)he made houses on high places, and (B)made priests from among [a]all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, (C)like the feast which is in Judah, and he [b]went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he had made. And he had (D)the priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:31 Or the extremities of
  2. 1 Kings 12:32 Or offered upon

31 Jeroboam built shrines(A) on high places and appointed priests(B) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth(C) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,(D) 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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