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The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,
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except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother;
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likewise, for a virgin sister, close to him because she has had no husband, he may defile himself for her.
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But he shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.
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They shall not make bald spots upon their heads, or shave off the edges of their beards, or make any gashes in their flesh.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
