Deuteronomy 18:5

18:5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand7 and serve in his name8 permanently.

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7	tc Smr and some Greek texts add “before the Lord your God” to bring the language into line with a formula found elsewhere (Deut 10:8; 2 Chr 29:11). This reading is not likely to be original, however.
8	tn Heb “the name of the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.