18. They will wear linen turbans on their heads, and they will wear linen underwear. They will not wear anything that makes them sweat.
19. Before they go out into the outer courtyard to the people, they will take off the clothes they wear while serving me. They will put these clothes away in the holy rooms. Then they will put on other clothes. In this way they will not let people touch those holy clothes.
20. “These priests will not shave their heads or let their hair grow long. The priests may only trim the hair of their heads.
21. None of the priests may drink wine when they go into the inner courtyard.
22. The priests must not marry a widow or a divorced woman. No, they must only marry a virgin from the family of Israel or a woman whose dead husband was a priest.
23. “Also, the priests must teach my people the difference between things that are holy and things that are not holy. They must help my people know what is clean and what is unclean.
24. The priests will be the judges in court. They will follow my laws when they judge people. They will obey my laws and my rules at all my special feasts. They will respect my special days of rest and keep them holy.
25. They will not go near a dead person to make themselves unclean. But they may make themselves unclean if the dead person is their father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or a sister who is not married.
26. After the priest has been made clean, he must wait seven days.
27. Then he can go back into the holy place. But on the day he goes into the inner courtyard to serve in the holy place, he must offer a sin offering for himself.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
28. “About the land that will belong to the Levites: I am their property. You will not give the Levites any land in Israel. I am their share in Israel.