Leviticus 21:1-5
Regulations concerning Priests
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, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, 3also for his virgin sister who is near to him ▼▼Or who has not belonged to a man
because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself. 4He shall not defile himself as a ▼▼Lit husband among
relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself. 5 eThey shall not shave any area on their heads bald, fnor shave off the edges of their beards, gnor make any cuts in their flesh.
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