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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 6:11 - King James

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Ne 6:11 King James And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Would go into the temple to save his life - Rather "could go into the temple and live." For a layman to enter the sanctuary was a capital offence (see Num 18:7).
 
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7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.