Leviticus 21:3

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his unmarried sister. (This sister is close to him because she has no husband. So the priest may make himself unclean for her if she dies.)

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Leviticus 21:2

But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, he can touch the dead body. The priest can make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother or

Leviticus 21:4

But a priest must not make himself unclean if the dead person was only one of his slaves.

Leviticus 22:12

A priest’s daughter might marry a man who is not a priest. If she does that, she cannot eat any of the holy offerings.