Leviticus 21:1-3

The Voice

Eternal One: Go, talk to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them that I don’t want any priest to make himself ritually impure by having contact with a dead person in Israel. ² There is an exception: a priest is allowed to touch the dead body of his closest family members—his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, ³ and any sister who is still a virgin when she dies. Since she has no husband, the priest is her closest relative, so he is allowed to make himself impure for her.