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“Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.

10 “The high priest among his relatives—whose head has been anointed with oil and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly clothing—is not to let his hair hang loose or to tear his clothes. 11 He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased[a] is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself.

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  1. Leviticus 21:11 The Heb. lacks the deceased

“‘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