Lev 21:1-4 | NASB2020 | 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 21:1-4

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, 3 also 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. 4 He shall not defile himself as a ^{▼▼Lit husband among}relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself.