Leviticus 21:1
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
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Leviticus 10:6Then Moses/I said to Aaron and his other two sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “ You are sad because Nadab and Abihu died, but you must act like you always do. Do not allow the hair on your heads to remain uncombed, and do not tear your clothes. But your relatives and all your fellow Israelis are allowed to mourn for those whom Yahweh destroyed by fire.
Leviticus 21:11He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
Numbers 19:14“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
Ezekiel 44:25A priest is permitted to go near the corpse of his father or his mother or his son or his daughter or his brother or his unmarried sister; but he is still defiled by doing that. But a priest must not defile himself by going near a corpse of anyone else.
Malachi 2:1You priests, I will say something to warn you.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:1
This chapter might borrow its title from Mal. ii. 1 , "And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you." It is a law obliging priests with the utmost care and jealousy to preserve the dignity of their priesthood. I. The inferior priests are here charged both concerning their mourning and concerning their marriages and their children, ver. 1-9 . II. The high priest is restrained more than any of them, ver. 10-15 . III. Neither the one nor the other must have any blemish, ver. 16 , &c. Read the whole commentary →