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Leviticus 21:9-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

9. If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.

10. “The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair or tear his garments.

11. He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

12. He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am Yahweh.

13. “He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

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