Leviticus 21:3

New International Reader's Version

He can also go near a sister who is not married. She would have depended on him because she did not have a husband. The priest can make himself “unclean” by going near her body.

Cross References

Leviticus 21:2

But he can go near the body of a close relative. It could be his mother, father, son, daughter or brother.

Leviticus 21:4

But he must not make himself “unclean” by going near the bodies of people only related to him by marriage. Going near them would make him “unclean.”

Leviticus 22:12

Suppose a priest’s daughter marries someone who is not a priest. Then she can’t eat any of the food brought as a sacred gift.