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) 11 He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.(D)

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  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

“‘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