Ezekiel 44:25-27

New English Translation

²⁵ “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled;^[a] however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves. ²⁶ After a priest^[b] has become ceremonially clean, they^[c] must count off a period of seven days for him. ²⁷ On the day he enters the sanctuary into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the Sovereign Lord.