Bible Cross References
cast out
2 Chronicles 11:14
The Levites abandoned their pastures and other land and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because King Jeroboam of Israel and his successors would not let them serve as priests of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 11:15
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.
made you priests
1 Kings 12:31-33
31
Jeroboam also built places of worship on hilltops, and he chose priests from families who were not of the tribe of Levi.
32
Jeroboam also instituted a religious festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the gold bull-calves he had made, and he placed there in Bethel the priests serving at the places of worship he had built.
33
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.
1 Kings 13:33
King Jeroboam of Israel still did not turn from his evil ways but continued to choose priests from ordinary families to serve at the altars he had built. He ordained as priest anyone who wanted to be one.
consecrated himself
Exodus 32:29
Moses said to the Levites, "Today you have consecrated yourselves as priests in the service of the LORD by killing your sons and brothers, so the LORD has given you his blessing."
Leviticus 16:32
The High Priest, properly ordained and consecrated to succeed his father, is to perform the ritual of purification. He shall put on the priestly garments
1 Chronicles 29:5
and for all the objects which the skilled workers are to make. Now who else is willing to give a generous offering to the LORD?"
young
Exodus 29:1
"This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects.
Exodus 29:35
"Perform the rites of ordination for Aaron and his sons for seven days exactly as I have commanded you.
Leviticus 8:2
"Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence and bring the priestly garments, the anointing oil, the young bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
no gods
Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to gods that are not real, new gods their ancestors had never known, gods that Israel had never obeyed.
2 Kings 19:18
and burned up their gods---which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
Jeremiah 2:11
No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.
Hosea 8:6
An Israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold bull worshiped in Samaria will be smashed to pieces!
Acts 19:26
Now, you can see and hear for yourselves what this fellow Paul is doing. He says that hand-made gods are not gods at all, and he has succeeded in convincing many people, both here in Ephesus and in nearly the whole province of Asia.
Galatians 4:8
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.