³³ On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.^(A) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

The Man of God From Judah

13 By the word of the Lord a man of God^(A) came from Judah to Bethel,^(B) as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.

³⁹ You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember^(A) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves^(B) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts^(C) and eyes.

¹³ Thus you nullify the word of God^(A) by your tradition^(B) that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

⁶ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

¹³ The Lord says:

⁶ He went to war against the Philistines^(A) and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod.^(B) He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

¹² I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,^(A) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.^(B)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”