^3 (A)I will set My face against that man, and will ^[a]cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

³ You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps ^(A)in the midst of which I dwell.”

¹³ Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and ^(A)does not purify himself, ^(B)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because ^(C)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; ^(D)his uncleanness is still on him.

²⁰ ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has ^(A)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He ^(A)will bring me back and show me both it and ^(B)His dwelling place.