Leviticus 21:1-8 ▼

1 The LORD said to Moses: Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his kindred,

2 except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother

3 or his unmarried sister, who is of his own family while she remains single; for these he may make himself unclean.

4 But as a husband among his kindred he shall not make himself unclean and thus profane himself.

5 The priests shall not make bald the crown of their head, nor shave the edges of their beard, nor lacerate their body.

6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane their God’s name, since they offer the oblations of the LORD, the food of their God; so they must be holy.

7 A priest shall not marry a woman debased by prostitution, nor a woman who has been divorced by her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

8 Honor him as holy for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you, because I, the LORD, am holy who make you holy.