Thus they took them (priests) as Lords by their obedience to them...

Thus they took them (priests) as Lords by their obedience to them, and they made them leave the Command of Allah -azwj , and His -azwj Book, and His -azwj Rasool -saww . So they threw it behinds their backs. And whatever the Rabbis and the Monks ordered them with, they followed it and obeyed them, and disobeyed Allah -azwj . But rather, this is Mentioned in our Book in order to learn from it. So Allah -azwj Admonished the Children of Israel for what they were doing.

Allah -azwj is Saying: and they were not Commanded except for worshipping One God. There is no god except him. Glorious is He from what they are associating [9:31] \u2019.