1 Kings 12:32

30 And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

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BSB
And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
KJV
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
WEB
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
ASV
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.
DARBY
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
BLB
And Jeroboam ordained a feast of the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that [was] in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. Thus he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he caused to stand in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
ÅB
Og Jeroboam holdt en fest i den åttende måned, på den femtende dag i måneden, i likhet med festen i Juda[^1], og han ofret på alteret. Slik gjorde han i Betel; han ofret til kalvene som han hadde gjort, og han lot dem som han hadde gjort til prester ved offerhaugene, gjøre tjeneste i Betel,
OTB
Jeroboam innstiftet en fest i den åttende måneden på den femtende dagen i måneden, som festen som er i Juda, og han gikk opp til alteret; slik gjorde han i Betel, ofret til kalvene som han hadde laget. Og han stasjonerte i Betel prestene for de høye stedene som han hadde laget.
B1930
Og Jeroboam holdt en fest i den åttende måned, på den femtende dag i måneden, i likhet med festen i Juda, og han ofret på alteret. Således gjorde han i Betel; han ofret til kalvene som han hadde gjort, og han lot dem som han hadde gjort til prester ved offerhaugene, gjøre tjeneste i Betel, / < 3MO 23, 34.>

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  • Numbers 29:12–40

    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

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  • Amos 7:10–13

    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

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  • 1 Kings 8:2

    And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

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  • 1 Kings 8:5

    There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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  • Matthew 15:8–9

    ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

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  • Ezekiel 43:8

    When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

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  • Leviticus 23:33–44

    And the LORD said to Moses,

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