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You will take charge of all the holy things and the altar, so that there will no longer be anger against the people of Isra’el. I myself have taken your kinsmen the L’vi’im from among the people of Isra’el; they have been given as a gift to Adonai for you, so that you can perform the service in the tent of meeting. You and your sons with you will exercise your prerogatives and duties as cohanim in regard to everything having to do with the altar and within the curtain. I entrust the service required of cohanim to you; the unauthorized person who tries to perform it is to be put to death.”

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“You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar,(A) so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you,(B) dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.(C) But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain.(D) I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift.(E) Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.(F)

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