You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, Yahweh who sets you apart, am holy. If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[a](A) she defiles her father; she must be burned up.(B)

10 “The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained[b] to wear the garments, must not dishevel his hair[c] or tear his garments.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:9 Or prostitution
  2. Leviticus 21:10 Lit and one has filled his hand
  3. Leviticus 21:10 Or not uncover his head

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