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except for his closest relatives. He may do it for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother, and also for his virgin sister, who is close to him because she does not have a husband—for her he may make himself unclean. But he shall not make himself unclean for his relatives by marriage and so defile himself.

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But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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