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,

⁶ But there were some men who were ^(A)unclean because of a ^[a]dead person, so that they could not celebrate Passover on that day; so ^(B)they came near before Moses and Aaron on that day. ⁷ And those men said to him, “We are unclean because of a ^[b]dead person. But why are we restrained from bringing near the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?” ⁸ Moses therefore said to them, “^[c](C)Wait, and I will listen to what Yahweh will command concerning you.”

⁹ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead ^[d]person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to Yahweh.

¹¹ ‘^(A)The one who touches the corpse of any ^[a]person shall be unclean for seven days.