11. He must not defile himself by going near a dead body. He may not make himself ceremonially unclean even for his father or mother.
12. He must not defile the sanctuary of his God by leaving it to attend to a dead person, for he has been made holy by the anointing oil of his God. I am the lord.
13. “The high priest may marry only a virgin.
14. He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
15. so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the lord who makes him holy.”
16. Then the lord said to Moses,
17. “Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God.
18. No one who has a defect qualifies, whether he is blind, lame, disfigured, deformed,
19. or has a broken foot or arm,
20. or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.
21. No descendant of Aaron who has a defect may approach the altar to present special gifts to the lord. Since he has a defect, he may not approach the altar to offer food to his God.
22. However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.
23. Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the lord who makes them holy.”
24. So Moses gave these instructions to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.