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You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am holy. And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10 “The priest who is chief among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor rend his clothes;

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Regard them as holy,(A) because they offer up the food of your God.(B) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.(C)

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(D)

10 “‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head(E) and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments,(F) must not let his hair become unkempt[a] or tear his clothes.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:10 Or not uncover his head