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But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.
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Verse 23. People; or the Hebrew may be also “they shall bear their own iniquity.” If they prove negligent in performing their duty they shall be punished; and if they do not restrain the people from approaching the tabernacle, they shall be answerable for their offence, and both shall incur death. Calmet.—They shall, however, save their own souls, if they have not been deficient in instructing the people, and in doing their utmost to prevent any profanation. Bible.
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