Leviticus 21:1-11

1The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,

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

3He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family.

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

5“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

6They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

7They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

8You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.

9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.

10“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the clothes, must not dishevel his hair or tear his clothes.

11He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.