Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.

And on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day that he himself had set, he went to Bethel and offered a sacrifice on the altar in celebration of the festival he had instituted for the people of Israel.

Jeroboam appointed priests of his own to serve at the pagan places of worship and to worship demons and the idols he made in the form of bull-calves.

You drove out the LORD's priests, the descendants of Aaron, and you drove out the Levites. In their place you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of those so-called gods of yours.

When the LORD gives the command, houses large and small will be smashed to pieces.

Whenever he killed some of them, the rest would turn to him; they would repent and pray earnestly to him.

Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else.

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

Whenever you move your camp, the Levites shall take the Tent down and set it up again at each new campsite. Anyone else who comes near the Tent shall be put to death.

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; anyone else who tries to do so shall be put to death."

Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you."

The people of Israel said to Moses, "Then that's the end of us!

If anyone who even comes near the Tent must die, then we are all as good as dead!"

Put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons. Then ordain them and dedicate them by anointing them with olive oil, so that they may serve me as priests.

Micah appointed him as his priest, and he lived in Micah's home.