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“‘As for[a] the daughter of any priest, if she is defiled by prostituting, she is disgracing her father—she shall be burned in the fire.

10 “‘As for[b] the priest who is higher than his brothers, on whose head the oil of anointment is poured and he was ordained[c] to wear the garments, he shall not dishevel his head, and he shall not tear his garments. 11 And he shall not go near any dead person, nor shall he make himself unclean for his father or[d] for his mother.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:9 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 21:10 Or “And”
  3. Leviticus 21:10 Literally “he has filled up his hand”
  4. Leviticus 21:11 Or “and”

“‘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