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Leviticus 21:4-6
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4 But he is not to become unclean for people related by marriage, becoming unclean for them.

5 “ ‘Priests must not shave their heads bald nor trim their beards nor shall they cut their flesh.[a] 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they are not to profane the name of their God, for they present offerings made by fire to the Lord, the food of their God. Therefore, they will be holy.

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  1. Leviticus 21:5 Cut their flesh: the pagan custom of defiling their body as a sign of mourning was not to be tolerated among the priests.
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