2 CHRONICLES 13:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.”
'Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves after the manner of the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of the one who is not a god — Abijah condemned Jeroboam's expulsion of Aaronic priests and Levites (הֲלוֹא־הִדַּחְתֶּם אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵי־יְהוָה בְּנֵי־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת־הַלְּוִיִּם) and his installation of unauthorized priesthood (וַתַּעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם כֹּהֲנִים כְּעַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת). He condemned the accessibility of false priesthood—anyone bringing an animal could become a priest. The theological critique: illegitimate cult creates illegitimate priesthood.
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