¹⁰But^x the Levites who removed themselves from me at the going astray of Israel,^y who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. ¹¹Then they will be^z in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries^a at the gates of the temple^b and as those serving the temple;^c they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them^d to serve them, ¹²because^e they used to serve them before^f their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore^g concerning them,” declares^h the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. ¹³And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all ofⁱ my holy objects, to the most holy objects, ^j and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. ¹⁴And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of^k the temple, for all of its work^l and everything ^mwhich will be done in it.

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Footnotes

xLiterally “For if”
yOr “when Israel went astray”
zOr “may be”
aOr “guards”
bOr “house”
cOr “house”
dLiterally “to the face of them”
eLiterally “because that”
fLiterally “to the face of”
gLiterally “I raised my hand”
hLiterally “declaration of”
iOr “any of”
jLiterally “to the holy objects of the holy objects”
kOr “toward”
lOr “tasks”
mLiterally “all”