¹⁰ Appoint Aaron^(A) and his sons to serve as priests;^(B) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”^(C)

³² For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places^(A) in the towns of Samaria^(B) will certainly come true.”^(C)

³³ Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways,^(A) but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts^(B) of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.

³² They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts^(A) of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.