⁵ Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the Lord!”

²⁰ Then Jehu ordered, “Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.

³⁷ (“These are the Lord’s appointed festivals. Celebrate them each year as official days for holy assembly by presenting special gifts to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each on its proper day.

² “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.

⁸ So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread^[a] of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread^[b] of sincerity and truth.

⁵ So they sent a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north, inviting everyone to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel. The people had not been celebrating it in great numbers as required in the Law.

¹¹ Uriah followed the king’s instructions and built an altar just like it, and it was ready before the king returned from Damascus.

⁹ In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.