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"Yet they shall be ^(C1)ministers in My sanctuary, having ^(C2)oversight at the gates of the house and ^(C3)ministering in the house; they shall ^(C4)slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall ^(C5)stand before them to minister to them.

"Since they ministered to them ^(C1)before their idols and became a ^(C2)stumbling block of wrongdoing to the house of Israel, for that reason I have ^(F1)(C3)sworn against them," declares the Lord GOD, "that they shall ^(C4)suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing.

"And they shall ^(C1)not approach Me to serve as priests for Me, nor approach any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will ^(C2)bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

"Nevertheless I will ^(F1)appoint them ^(F2)to ^(C1)take responsibility for the house, of all its service and of everything that shall be done in it.