1. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: “A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for any of his people who die,
2. except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,
3. or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband – for her he may make himself unclean.
4. He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.
5. ‘ “Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.