Leviticus 21:1-15
The Holiness of the Priests
21Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘aNo one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2aexcept for his 1blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, 3also for his virgin sister, who is near to him 1because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4‘He shall not defile himself as a 1relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. 5‘aThey shall not make any baldness on their heads bnor shave off the edges of their beards cnor make any cuts in their flesh. 6‘They shall be holy to their God and anot profane the name of their God, for they bring near the offerings 1to Yahweh by fire, bthe food of their God; so they shall be holy. 7‘aThey shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8‘Therefore, you shall set him apart as holy, for he brings near athe food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I Yahweh, who makes you holy, am holy. 9‘aAlso the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
10‘And the priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and 1who has been ordained to wear the garments, ashall not 2uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 11anor shall he approach any dead person nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; 12anor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for bthe dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh. 13‘And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14‘aA widow or a divorced woman or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife, 15so that he will not profane his seed among his people; for I am Yahweh who makes him holy.’”