21 2 For whom the Priests may lament. 6 How pure the Priests ought to be, both in themselves, and in their family.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the Priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, Let none be [a]defiled by the dead among his people,

But by his kinsman that is near unto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his son, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:1 By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial.

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