Leviticus 21:1-9

The Holiness of the Priests

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:
‘^aNo one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 ^aexcept for his ¹blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, 3 also for his virgin sister, who is near to him ¹because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself as a ¹relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. 5 ^aThey shall not make any baldness on their heads ^bnor shave off the edges of their beards ^cnor make any cuts in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God and ^anot profane the name of their God, for they bring near the offerings ¹to Yahweh by fire, ^bthe food of their God; so they shall be holy. 7 ^aThey shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8 Therefore, you shall set him apart as holy, for he brings near ^athe food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I Yahweh, who makes you holy, am holy. 9 ^aAlso the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

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