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Leviticus 21:2-6 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

2. except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother

3. or his unmarried sister, who is of his own family while she remains single; for these he may make himself unclean.

4. But as a husband among his kindred he shall not make himself unclean and thus profane himself.

5. The priests shall not make bald the crown of their head, nor shave the edges of their beard, nor lacerate their body.

6. They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane their God’s name, since they offer the oblations of the Lord, the food of their God; so they must be holy.

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