[1] And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let
no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people; [2] But only for
his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter,
and his brother; [3] And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near
relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean. [4] But let
him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way
as to put shame on himself. [5] They are not to have their hair cut off for
the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their
flesh. [6] Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God
common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are
offered by them, and they are to be holy. [7] They may not take as wife a
loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the
priest is holy to his God. [8] And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by
him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I
the Lord, who make you holy, am holy. [9] And if the daughter of a priest
makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father,
let her be burned with fire. [10] And he who is the chief priest among his
brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put
on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out
of order as a sign of sorrow. [11] He may not go near any dead body or make
himself unclean for his father or his mother; [12] He may not go out of the
holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the
holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord. [13] And let him take as his
wife one who has not had relations with a man. [14] A widow, or one whose
husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be
the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people. [15]
And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have
made him holy. [16] And the Lord said to Moses, [17] Say to Aaron, If a man
of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come
near to make the offering of the bread of his God. [18] For any man whose
body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of
his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth, [19] Or a
man with broken feet or hands, [20] Or one whose back is bent, or one who
is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is
diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged; [21] No man of the offspring of
Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire
offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the
offerings. [22] He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most
holy; [23] But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar,
because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the
Lord have made them holy. [24] These are the words which Moses said to
Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
