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32-33 (A) He also decided to start a new festival for the Israelites on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the one in Judah.[a] On that day, Jeroboam went to Bethel and offered sacrifices on the altar to the gold calf he had put there. Then he assigned the priests their duties.

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  1. 12.32,33 the one in Judah: This probably refers to the Festival of Shelters.

32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth(A) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,(B) sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made.

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32-33 (A) He also decided to start a new festival for the Israelites on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the one in Judah.[a] On that day, Jeroboam went to Bethel and offered sacrifices on the altar to the gold calf he had put there. Then he assigned the priests their duties.

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  1. 12.32,33 the one in Judah: This probably refers to the Festival of Shelters.

33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.(A) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

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