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.
Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he bui
They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.