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Purity Laws for Regular Priests
Leviticus 21:1-9
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The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
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except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,
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and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
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He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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“‘They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
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“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
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You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
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“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.
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