Leviticus 21:1-4

Good News Translation

The Holiness of the Priests

21 The Lord commanded Moses to tell the Aaronite priests, “No priest is to make himself ritually unclean by taking part in the funeral ceremonies when a relative dies, ² unless it is his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, ³ or unmarried sister living in his house. ⁴ He shall not make himself unclean at the death of those related to him by marriage.^[a]