2 Chronicles 11:15
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15 and he appointed his own (A)priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for (B)the calves that he had made.
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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1 Kings 13:33
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33 After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he ordained to be priests of the high places.
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1 Kings 12:31
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31 He also made (A)temples on high places and (B)appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.
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Deuteronomy 32:17
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17 (A)They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to (B)new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
Revelation 16:14
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14 For they are (A)demonic spirits, (B)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, (C)to assemble them for battle on (D)the great day of God the Almighty.
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1 Timothy 4:1
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Some Will Depart from the Faith
4 Now (A)the Spirit expressly says that (B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to (C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
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Hosea 13:2
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2 And now they sin more and more,
and (A)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(B)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (C)kiss calves!”
Psalm 106:19-20
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19 They (A)made a calf in Horeb
and worshiped a metal image.
20 They (B)exchanged the glory of God[a]
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Footnotes
- Psalm 106:20 Hebrew exchanged their glory
1 Kings 14:9
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9 but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and (A)made for yourself other gods and (B)metal images, provoking me to anger, and (C)have cast me behind your back,
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Exodus 32:31
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31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, (A)this people has sinned a great sin. They have (B)made for themselves gods of gold.
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Exodus 32:4-8
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4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (B)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron (C)made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.” 6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And (D)the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up (E)to play.
7 And the Lord said to Moses, (F)“Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have (G)corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that (H)I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
1 Corinthians 10:20-21
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20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice (A)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 (B)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and (C)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and (D)the table of demons.
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