Leviticus 21:1-8 ▼

1 And YHWH said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

2 except for his close relative who are near to him—his mother, and his father, and his son, and his daughter, and his brother,

3 and his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not had a husband. He may defile himself for her.

4 As a chief man he shall not defile himself among his people, to profane himself.

5 They shall not make baldness on their heads, and they shall not shave the edges of their beards, and they shall not make a cutting in their flesh.

6 They shall be Holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the fire offerings of YHWH, the bread of their God; and they shall be holy.

7 And they shall not take a woman, a prostitute or defiled, or a woman cast out from her husband they shall not take, for he is holy to his God.

8 And you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He is Holy to you, for holy am I, YHWH, sanctifying you?.