The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but ate unleavened bread among their priests — the deposed high-place priests, while removed from their cultic functions, maintain some status and provisions. The phrase 'did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem' indicates they were not integrated into the centralized temple priesthood. The allowance of 'unleavened bread among their priests' suggests continued priestly maintenance, though in a diminished status.

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