1. Then the Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: None shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,
2. but for his closest relatives, that is, for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
3. and his virgin sister (who is near him because she has not had a husband), for her he may be made unclean.
4. And he shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people because of the dead and so defile himself.
5. They shall not make bald areas on their heads, nor shall they shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
6. They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the food of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
7. They shall not take a wife who is a whore or has been defiled, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband, for he is holy unto his God.
8. You shall sanctify him, for he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy.