Lev 21:1-5 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the Lord said to Moses , “ Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them: ‘ No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people ,

Leviticus 21:1-5

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:

‘ ^aNo one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 ^bexcept for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, 3 also for his virgin sister, who is near to him ^{▼▼ Or whom no man has had}because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 ‘He shall not defile himself as a ^{▼▼ Lit husband among}relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. 5 ‘ ^eThey shall not make any baldness on their heads, ^fnor shave off the edges of their beards, ^gnor make any cuts in their flesh.