Leviticus 21:1-14 ▼

1 And Jehovah will say to Moses, Say to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, for the soul he shall not be defiled among his peoples.

2 But if for his remainder coming 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, a virgin, coming near to him, who was not for a husband for her, he shall be defiled.

4 A chief among his people shall not be defiled, to profane himself.

5 With baldness, they shall not make baldness upon their head, and they shall not shave the extremity of their beard: and in their flesh they shall not cut incisions.

6 They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.

7 They shall not take a woman, a harlot, or profane; and they shall not take a wife driven away from her husband, for he is holy to his God.

8 And he consecrated him, for he bringing the bread of thy God: holy shall he be to thee: for I Jehovah consecrating you am holy,

9 And the daughter of a man a priest, if she shall be profaned to commit fornication, it is profaning her father: she shall be burnt in fire.

10 And the great priest from his brethren which the anointing oil shall be poured upon his head, and he filled his hand to put on the garments, his head he shall not uncover, and his garments he shall not rend.

11 And to an dead soul he shall not come, for his father, and for his mother, he shall not be defiled.

12 And from the holy place he shall not go forth, and he shall not profane the holy place of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him I Jehovah.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 A widow, and the driven away, and profane, and an harlot, those he shall not take: but a virgin of his people shall he take a wife.