²⁰ “‘They must not shave^(A) their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.^(B)

¹⁴ Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

Clean and Unclean Food^(A)

14 You are the children^(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

⁵ “‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor^(A) may be used on their head.^(B) They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

⁵ “‘Priests must not shave^(A) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards^(B) or cut their bodies.^{(C) 6} They must be holy to their God^(D) and must not profane the name of their God.^(E) Because they present the food offerings to the Lord,^(F) the food of their God,^(G) they are to be holy.^(H)

⁷ “‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,^(I) because priests are holy to their God.^{(J) 8} Regard them as holy,^(K) because they offer up the food of your God.^(L) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.^(M)

⁹ “‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.^(N)

¹⁰ “‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head^(O) and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments,^(P) must not let his hair become unkempt^[a] or tear his clothes.^{(Q) 11} He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.^(R) He must not make himself unclean,^(S) even for his father or mother,^{(T) 12} nor leave the sanctuary^(U) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil^(V) of his God. I am the Lord.

¹³ “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.^{(W) 14} He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, ¹⁵ so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁷ “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect^(X) may come near to offer the food of his God.^{(Y) 18} No man who has any defect^(Z) may come near: no man who is blind^(AA) or lame,^(AB) disfigured or deformed; ¹⁹ no man with a crippled foot or hand, ²⁰ or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.^{(AC) 21} No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect^(AD) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.^(AE) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.^{(AF) 22} He may eat the most holy food of his God,^(AG) as well as the holy food; ²³ yet because of his defect,^(AH) he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary.^(AI) I am the Lord, who makes them holy.^(AJ)’”

²⁴ So Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.