And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: ‘No one is to be defiled for the dead among his people,
“And they are not to defile themselves by coming near a dead man. Only for a father or mother, for a son or daughter, for a brother or unmarried sister they defile themselves.
“Hear this, O priests! And listen, O house of Yisra’ĕ
‘And do not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor put tattoo marks on you. I am יהוה.
nor come near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother,
“And now, O priests, this command is for you.
“And you shall know that I have sent this command to you, as being My covenant with Lĕ
‘He who touches the dead of any human being is unclean for seven days.
‘This is the Torah when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent are unclean for seven days,
‘Anyone in the open field who touches someone slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, is unclean for seven days.
“Command the children of Yisra’ĕ
‘All the days of his separation to יהוה he does not go near a dead body.