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Leviticus 21:10-15

Leviticus 21:10-15 AMP

‘But he who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the [sacred] garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes [in mourning], nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother; nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane (make ceremonially unclean) the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD. He shall take a wife in her virginity. He may not marry a widow or a divorced woman or one who is profaned by prostitution, but he is to marry a virgin from his own people, [1 Tim 3:2-7; Titus 1:7-9] so that he will not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies the high priest.’ ”