Leviticus 21:1-4

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How Priests Must Behave

21 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell these things to Aaron’s sons, the priests: ‘A priest must not make himself unclean [^Cin a ritual sense] ·by touching a dead person [^Lfor a death among his people/relatives]. ² ·But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, he may touch him [^L…except for a close relative]. The priest may make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, son or daughter, brother or ³ ·unmarried [^Lvirgin] sister who is close to him because she has no husband. The priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies. ⁴ But a priest must not make himself unclean ·if the dead person was only related to him by marriage [^Las a husband among his people].