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,