Leviticus 21:1-8 ▼

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

2 except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother,

3 also for his virgin sister who is near to him because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself.

4 He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself.

5 They shall not shave any area on their heads bald, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, because they present the offerings by fire to the LORD, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

7 They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

8 You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.