2Ch 15:3, 30:22, 35:3, Neh 8:7-8, Hos 4:6 | ESV | STEP | For a long time Israel was without the true God , and without a teaching priest and without law ,

2 Chronicles 15:3

3 ^aFor a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law,

2 Chronicles 30:22

22 And Hezekiah spoke ^bencouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing ^cpeace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 35:3

3 And he said to the Levites ^dwho taught all Israel and who were holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. You need not carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Nehemiah 8:7-8

7 ^eAlso Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, ^{▼▼Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites} ^ghelped the people to understand the Law, ^hwhile the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, ^{▼▼Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph} and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

Hosea 4:6

6 My people are destroyed ^jfor lack of knowledge;
^kbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^lfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^mI also will forget your children.