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You did not do what I told you to. You did not take care of my holy things. Instead, you put other people in charge of my temple.” ’ ” The Lord and King says, “No outsider whose heart is stubborn can enter my temple. They have not been circumcised. Even if they live among the people of Israel they can’t enter my temple.

10 “Some Levites wandered far away from me when Israel went astray. They worshiped the statues of their gods. So they will be punished because they have sinned.

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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) This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.(B)

10 “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray(C) and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin.(D)

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