Lev 21:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Moses , Speak to the priests , the sons of Aaron , and say to them, No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people ,

‏ Leviticus 21:1-3

Holiness and the Priests

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ^aNo one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean).