for the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests of the LORD.

利未人撇下他们的郊野和产业，来到犹大与耶路撒冷，是因耶罗波安和他的儿子拒绝他们，不许他们供祭司职分侍奉耶和华。

利未人放弃他们的郊野和产业，来到犹大与耶路撒冷，因为耶罗波安和他的儿子拒绝他们，不许他们担任祭司事奉耶和华。

利未人放弃他们的郊野和产业，来到犹大与耶路撒冷，因为耶罗波安和他的儿子拒绝他们，不许他们担任祭司事奉耶和华。

利未人撇下他们的草场和产业，来到犹大和耶路撒冷，因为耶罗波安和他的众子不准他们做祭司事奉耶和华。

利未人放弃了他们的草场和产业，来到犹大和耶路撒冷，是因为耶罗波安和他的儿子排斥他们，不准他们作祭司事奉耶和华。

利未人撇下他們的郊野和產業，來到猶大與耶路撒冷，是因耶羅波安和他的兒子拒絕他們，不許他們供祭司職分事奉耶和華。

利未人放棄他們的郊野和產業，來到猶大與耶路撒冷，因為耶羅波安和他的兒子拒絕他們，不許他們擔任祭司事奉耶和華。

利未人放棄他們的郊野和產業，來到猶大與耶路撒冷，因為耶羅波安和他的兒子拒絕他們，不許他們擔任祭司事奉耶和華。

利未人撇下他們的草場和產業，來到猶大和耶路撒冷，因為耶羅波安和他的眾子不准他們做祭司事奉耶和華。

利未人放棄了他們的草場和產業，來到猶大和耶路撒冷，是因為耶羅波安和他的兒子排斥他們，不准他們作祭司事奉耶和華。

利未人撇下了他們郊野的牧場和產業，來到猶大和耶路撒冷，是因為耶羅波安和他兒子們屏絕了他們，不許他們當祭司來事奉永恆主；

利未人離其鄉里產業、至猶大及耶路撒冷、因耶羅波安與其眾子逐之、不容其供祭司職、奉事耶和華、

利未人、見絕於耶羅破暗及其子、不許為祭司、奉事耶和華、故離其邑郊、舍其田里、至耶路撒冷及猶大地。

利未人離其邑郊產業、至猶大地及耶路撒冷、蓋耶羅波安及其子絕之、不容盡祭司之職、以奉事主、

The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the Lord

The Levites even left their grasslands and other property behind. They came to Judah and Jerusalem. That’s because Jeroboam and his sons had refused to accept them as priests of the Lord.

For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the Lord,

The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the Lord as priests.

For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord.

For the Levites left their common-lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to the Lord.

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office unto Jehovah;

for the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests of Yahweh.

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:

The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the LORD’s priests.

For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.

Didn’t you banish the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to ordain himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.

“ Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall five hundred yards on every side.Measure a thousand yards outside the city for the east side, a thousand yards for the south side, a thousand yards for the west side, and a thousand yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.

So the king sought advice. Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people,“ Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.This led to sin; the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.Jeroboam also made shrines on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival in Judah. He offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had made. He also stationed the priests in Bethel for the high places he had made.He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:Shechem( a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.The rest of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

“ Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.The Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”The LORD instructed Moses,“ Speak to the Levites and tell them: When you receive from the Israelites the tenth that I have given you as your inheritance, you are to present part of it as an offering to the LORD— a tenth of the tenth.Your offering will be credited to you as if it were your grain from the threshing floor or the full harvest from the winepress.You are to present an offering to the LORD from every tenth you receive from the Israelites. Give some of it to the priest Aaron as an offering to the LORD.

“ Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value.Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD.He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”These are the commands the LORD gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.The Israelites gave them: Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Dan they gave: Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— four cities.From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave: Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— two cities.All ten cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath’s other descendants.From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans: Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands— two cities.From the tribe of Issachar they gave: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Asher they gave: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands— three cities.All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans.From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Reuben they gave: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands— four cities in all.All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

Even after this, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again made priests for the high places from the ranks of the people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.