Leviticus 21:1-12 ▼

1 And YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defiles himself for a [dead] person among his people,

2 except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been to a man; he is defiled for her.

4 A master [priest] does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;

5 they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh;

6 they are holy to their God, and they do not defile the Name of their God, for the fire-offerings of YHWH, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

7 They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her husband, for he [is] holy to his God;

8 and you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God near. He is holy to you, for I, YHWH, sanctifying you, [am] holy.

9 And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is burned with fire.

10 And the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has consecrated his hand to put on the garments, does not uncover his head, nor tear his garments,

11 nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mother;

12 nor does he go out from the sanctuary, nor does he defile the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] YHWH.