^14 (A)I have not eaten of the tithe while I was mourning, or removed any of it while I was unclean, or offered any of it ^(B)to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

²⁰ but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings ^(A)while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.

¹¹ He shall not ^(A)go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

Holiness and the Priests

21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ^(A)No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,

¹³ And this second thing you do. ^(A)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(A)Bind on your turban, and ^(B)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(C)nor eat the bread of men.”

¹¹ And ^(A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.