Leviticus 21:1–2; Leviticus 21:11

Holiness and the Priests

21 And the Lord said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, aNo one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people, except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,


11 He shall not lgo in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.