⁹ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner^[a] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners^[b] who are in the midst of the Israelites.^{[c] 10} But^[d] the Levites who removed themselves from me at the going astray of Israel,^[e] who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. ¹¹ Then they will be^[f] in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries^[g] at the gates of the temple^[h] and as those serving the temple;^[i] they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them^[j] to serve them, ¹² because^[k] they used to serve them before^[l] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore^[m] concerning them,” declares^[n] the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. ¹³ And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all of^[o] my holy objects, to the most holy objects, ^[p] and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. ¹⁴ And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of^[q] the temple, for all of its work^[r] and everything ^[s]which will be done in it.