New English Translation

Leviticus 21:3-11 New English Translation (NET)

3. and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

4. He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

5. Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

6. “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.

7. They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

8. You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.

9. If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.

10. “‘The high priest – who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments – must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

11. He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.