¶ If a Priest’s daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.

10 ¶ Also the high Priest among his brethren, (upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments) shall not [a]uncover his head nor rent his clothes.

11 Neither shall he go to any [b]dead body, nor make himself unclean by his father or by his mother,

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  1. Leviticus 21:10 He shall use no such ceremonies as the mourners observed.
  2. Leviticus 21:11 Or, to the houses of the dead.

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(A)

10 “‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head(B) and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments,(C) must not let his hair become unkempt[a] or tear his clothes.(D) 11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.(E) He must not make himself unclean,(F) even for his father or mother,(G)

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  1. Leviticus 21:10 Or not uncover his head