Leviticus 21:8-10
New International Reader's Version
8 Consider them as holy, because they offer up food to me. Consider them as holy, because I am holy. I am the Lord. I make you holy.
9 “ ‘Suppose a priest’s daughter makes herself “unclean” by becoming a prostitute. Then she brings shame on her father. She must be burned to death.
10 “ ‘The high priest is the one among his brothers whose head has been anointed with olive oil. He has been appointed to wear the priest’s clothes. When someone dies, the high priest must not let his own hair hang loose. He must not tear his clothes to show how sad he is.
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Leviticus 21:8-10
New King James Version
8 Therefore you shall [a]consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for (A)I the Lord, who (B)sanctify you, am holy. 9 The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be (C)burned with fire.
10 ‘He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was (D)poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not (E)uncover[b] his head nor tear his clothes;
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- Leviticus 21:8 set him apart
- Leviticus 21:10 In mourning
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