¹⁰ But^[a] the Levites who removed themselves from me at the going astray of Israel,^[b] who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. ¹¹ Then they will be^[c] in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries^[d] at the gates of the temple^[e] and as those serving the temple;^[f] they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them^[g] to serve them, ¹² because^[h] they used to serve them before^[i] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore^[j] concerning them,” declares^[k] the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity.