God's Word Translation

1 Kings 12:29-33 God's Word Translation (GW)

29. He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

30. Worshiping them became ⌊Israel’s⌋ sin. The people went as far as Dan to worship the one calf.

31. Jer o boam built worship sites on hilltops. He appointed men who were not descended from Levi to be priests.

32. Jer o boam appointed a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the festival in Judah. He went to the altar in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He appointed priests from the illegal worship sites ⌊to serve⌋ in Bethel.

33. He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⌊the festival⌋ he had invented for the Israelites.