²⁸ So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

²⁹ And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

³⁰ And this thing became a sin; for the people went `to worship' before the one, even unto Dan.

³¹ And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

³² And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.

¹³ And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh `unto me', and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught `them';

¹⁴ Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.