1 The lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.“A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean by touching the dead body of a relative.
2 The only exceptions are his closest relatives—his mother or father, son or daughter, brother,
3 or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.
4 But a priest must not defile himself and make himself unclean for someone who is related to him only by marriage.
5 “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.