31 He made [a]shrines on the high places, (A)and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:31 Lit. a house; cf. 1 Kin. 13:32, lit. houses

32 Jeroboam [a]ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like (A)the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. (B)And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:32 instituted

33 (A)After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

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