21:1 The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron – say to them, ‘For a dead person 1 no priest 2 is to defile himself among his people, 3 21:2 except for his close relative who is near to him: 4 his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 21:3 and his virgin sister who is near to him, 5 who has no husband; he may defile himself for her. 21:4 He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 6 21:5 Priests 7 must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. 8
21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane 9 the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, 10 the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. 11 21:7 They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, 12 nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, 13 for the priest 14 is holy to his God. 15