For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without instruction,

以色列人不信真神，没有训诲的祭司，也没有律法，已经好久了；

以色列人不信真神，没有训诲的祭司，也没有律法，已经许多日子了。

以色列人不信真神，没有训诲的祭司，也没有律法，已经许多日子了。

以色列人已经许久没有真神，没有祭司教导，也没有律法。

以色列人没有真神，没有教导他们的祭司，没有律法，已经很久了。

以色列人不信真神，沒有訓誨的祭司，也沒有律法，已經好久了；

以色列人不信真神，沒有訓誨的祭司，也沒有律法，已經許多日子了。

以色列人不信真神，沒有訓誨的祭司，也沒有律法，已經許多日子了。

以色列人已經許久沒有真神，沒有祭司教導，也沒有律法。

以色列人沒有真神，沒有教導他們的祭司，沒有律法，已經很久了。

以色列人沒有可信可靠的上帝，沒有指教他們的祭司，沒有禮節的規矩、已有好多年日了；

以色列人無真神、無訓誨之祭司、亦無法律、為日已久、

昔以色列族不尊崇真上帝、不從祭司訓迪、不守律例、至於持久。

昔以色列人不尊崇真天主、無祭司訓誨、無律法、為日已久、

For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.

For a long time Israel didn’t worship the true God. They didn’t have a priest who taught them. So they didn’t know God’s law.

For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law,

For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them.

For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without the Law.

For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;

Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without instruction,

Now for a long season Israel[ hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

and teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given to them through Moses.”

For all who sin without the law will also perish without the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

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.

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent— Jesus Christ.

To those who are without the law, like one without the law— though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ— to win those without the law.

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Armies.

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.“ In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him,“ because this is what was written by the prophet:

But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.

They will teach your ordinances to Jacob and your instruction to Israel; they will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them,“ This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.

for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites.They taught throughout Judah, having the book of the LORD’s instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but may marry only a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying,“ Isn’t the LORD among us? No disaster will overtake us.”