21. No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
22. He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
23. They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.
24. “In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to My ordinances. They must observe My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed festivals, and keep My Sabbaths holy.
25. A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled. However, he may defile himself for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister.
26. After he is cleansed, he is to count off seven days for himself.
27. On the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
28. “This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.