And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the ass stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.
1 Kings 12:31 - Revised Standard Version He also made houses on high places, and appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jeroboam also made houses on high places and made priests of people who were not Levites. American Standard Version (1901) And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi. Common English Bible Jeroboam made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, but none were Levites. Catholic Public Domain Version And he made shrines on the high places, and he made priests out of the lowest people, who were not of the sons of Levi. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. |
And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the ass stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.
For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree;
So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
But every nation still made gods of its own, and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities in which they dwelt;
They also feared the Lord, and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are no gods.
at the head of every street you built your lofty place and prostituted your beauty, offering yourself to any passer-by, and multiplying your harlotry.
If there is iniquity in Gilead they shall surely come to naught; if in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, their altars also shall be like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.
And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death.”
you shall give him his hire on the day he earns it, before the sun goes down (for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it); lest he cry against you to the Lord, and it be sin in you.