Leviticus 21:1-8 ▼

1 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out), “Speak to Aaron’s (light bringer) sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

2 except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

3 or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

4 He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

6 They must be holy to their God {Elohehem} and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD {YHWH} the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God {Elohaw}.

8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God {Eloheka}. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD {YHWH} am holy—I who set you⁺ apart.