2 Chronicles 13:9

New Century Version

You have thrown out the Levites and the Lord’s priests, Aaron’s sons. You have chosen your own priests as people in other countries do. Anyone who comes with a young bull and seven male sheep can become a priest of idols that are not gods.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:33

After this incident King Jeroboam did not stop doing evil. He continued to choose priests for the places of worship from among all the people. Anyone who wanted to be a priest for the places of worship was allowed to be one.

2 Kings 19:18

They have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire, but they were only wood and rock statues that people made. So the kings have destroyed them.

1 Chronicles 29:5

and for all the gold and silver work. Skilled men may use the gold and silver to make things for the Temple. Now, who is ready to give himself to the service of the Lord today?”

2 Chronicles 13:10

“But as for us, the Lord is our God; we have not left him. The priests who serve the Lord are Aaron’s sons, and the Levites help them.

2 Chronicles 29:31

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you people of Judah have given yourselves to the Lord, come near to the Temple of the Lord. Bring sacrifices and offerings, to show thanks to him.” So the people brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and anyone who was willing also brought burnt offerings.

Exodus 29:1

“This is what you must do to appoint Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two male sheep that have nothing wrong with them.

Exodus 29:29

“The holy clothes made for Aaron will belong to his descendants so that they can wear these clothes when they are appointed as priests.

Exodus 29:35

“Do all these things that I commanded you to do to Aaron and his sons, and spend seven days appointing them.

Exodus 32:29

Then Moses said, “Today you have been given for service to the Lord. You were willing to kill your own sons and brothers, and God has blessed you for this.”

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (Of course, its gods are not really gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for idols worth nothing.

Jeremiah 5:7

The Lord said, “Tell me why I should forgive you. Your children have left me and have made promises to idols that are not gods at all. I gave your children everything they needed, but they still were like an unfaithful wife to me. They spent much time in houses of prostitutes.

Hosea 8:6

The idol is something a craftsman made; it is not God. Israel’s calf-shaped idol will surely be smashed to pieces.

Leviticus 16:32

“The priest appointed to take his father’s place, on whom the oil was poured, will perform the acts for making things ready for service to the Lord. He must put on the holy linen clothes

Leviticus 8:2

“Bring Aaron and his sons and their clothes, the special olive oil used in appointing people and things to the service of the Lord, the bull of the sin offering and the two male sheep, and the basket of bread made without yeast.

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing. He has convinced and turned away many people in Ephesus and in almost all of Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not real.

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.

Deuteronomy 32:17

They made sacrifices to demons, not God, to gods they had never known, new gods from nearby, gods your ancestors did not fear.