23 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

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23 They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.

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And (A)you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

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Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.(A)

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14 Yet I will appoint them to keep (A)charge of the temple, (B)to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

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15 “But (C)the Levitical priests, (D)the sons of Zadok, who kept (E)the charge of my sanctuary (F)when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me (G)to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me (H)the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God.

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14 And I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to be done in it.(A)

15 “‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok(B) and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat(C) and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)

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16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach (A)my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

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16 They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table(A) to minister before me and serve me as guards.(B)

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11 This shall be for (A)the consecrated priests, (B)the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, (C)as the Levites did.

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11 This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites,(A) who were faithful in serving me(B) and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.(C)

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35 At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has (A)charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.”

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35 You must stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and do what the Lord requires,(A) so you will not die; for that is what I have been commanded.”

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53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no (A)wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. (B)And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”

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53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle(A) of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall(B) on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.(C)

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