New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 21:9-19 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

9. If a priest’s daughter debases herself by prostitution, she thereby debases her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10. The most exalted of the priests, upon whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the special vestments, shall not dishevel his hair or rend his garments,

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:

17. Say to Aaron: None of your descendants, throughout their generations, who has any blemish shall come forward to offer the food of his God.

18. Anyone who has any of the following blemishes may not come forward: he who is blind, or lame, or who has a split lip, or a limb too long,

19. or a broken leg or arm,