Leviticus 21:4
He must not make himself unclean for those only related to him by marriage—he is not to make himself ceremonially impure.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
In Context
3or his unmarried sister since she is a close relative because she doesn't have a husband.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →