1. The Lord said to Moses, “Tell these things to Aaron’s sons, the priests: A priest must not make himself unclean by touching a dead person.
2. But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, he can touch the dead body. The priest can make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother or
3. his unmarried sister. (This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.)
4. But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only one of his slaves.
5. “Priests must not shave their heads bald. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make any cuts in their bodies.
6. Priests must be holy for their God. They must show respect for God’s name. They offer the bread and special gifts to the Lord, so they must be holy.
7. “A priest serves God in a special way, so he must not marry a woman who has had sexual relations with any other man. He must not marry a prostitute or a divorced woman.