(A)Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10 ‘The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and [a]who has been consecrated to wear the garments, (B)shall not [b]uncover his head nor tear his clothes; 11 (C)nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

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  1. Leviticus 21:10 Lit whose hand has been filled
  2. Leviticus 21:10 Lit unbind

“‘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