^14 (A)I have not eaten any of it ^[a]when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it ^[b]for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me.

²⁰ But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the ^(A)Lord, ^(B)while he is unclean, that person ^(C)shall be cut off from his people.

¹¹ nor shall he go ^(A)near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;

Regulations for Conduct of Priests^(A)

21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ^(B)‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

¹⁷ Sigh in silence, ^(A)make no mourning for the dead; ^(B)bind your turban on your head, and ^(C)put your sandals on your feet; ^(D)do not cover your ^[a]lips, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.”

^11 (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 gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.