Leviticus 21:1-5
Legacy Standard Bible
The Holiness of the Priests
21 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:
‘(A)No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 (B)except for his [a]blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, 3 also for his virgin sister, who is near to him [b]because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself as a [c]relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. 5 (C)They shall not make any baldness on their heads (D)nor shave off the edges of their beards (E)nor make any cuts in their flesh.
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- Leviticus 21:2 Lit flesh
- Leviticus 21:3 Or whom no man has had
- Leviticus 21:4 Lit husband among
Leviticus 21:10-12
Legacy Standard Bible
10 ‘And the priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and [a]who has been ordained to wear the garments, (A)shall not [b]uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 11 (B)nor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; 12 (C)nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for (D)the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.
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- Leviticus 21:10 Lit whose hand has been filled
- Leviticus 21:10 Lit unbind
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