Leviticus 21:1
1The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron – say to them, ‘For a dead person ▼ no priest ▼▼ Heb “no one,” but “priest” has been used in the translation to clarify that these restrictions are limited to the priests, not to the Israelites in general (note the introductory formula, “say to the priests, the sons of Aaron”).
is to defile himself among his people, ▼▼ The MT has “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.
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