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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: '^(C1)No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

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^(C1)except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother,

also for his virgin sister who is near to him ^(F1)because she has not had a husband; for her, he may defile himself.

'He shall not defile himself as a ^(F1)relative by marriage among his people, so as to profane himself.

'^(C1)They shall not shave any area on their heads bald, ^(C2)nor shave off the edges of their beards, ^(C3)nor make any cuts in their flesh.

'The priest who is ^(F1)highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and ^(F2)who has been consecrated to wear the garments, ^(C1)shall not ^(F3)uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

^(C1)nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

^(C1)nor shall he leave the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for ^(C2)the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.