13 They (A)shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but (B)they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. 14 Yet I will appoint them to keep (C)charge of the temple, (D)to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

Rules for Levitical Priests

15 “But (E)the Levitical priests, (F)the sons of Zadok, who kept (G)the charge of my sanctuary (H)when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me (I)to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me (J)the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God.

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