6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, ^z“Do not ^alet the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and ^bwrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.

Holiness and the Priests

1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall ^cmake himself unclean for the dead among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 3 or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may make himself unclean). 4 He shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people and so profane himself. 5 ^dThey shall not ^emake bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.