New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 21:11-16 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

11. nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean;

12. nor shall he leave the sanctuary and profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

13. He shall marry only a woman who is a virgin.

14. He shall not marry a widow or a woman who has been divorced or one who has been debased by prostitution, but only a virgin, taken from his kindred, he shall marry,

15. so that he not profane his offspring among his kindred. I, the Lord, make him holy.

16. The Lord said to Moses: