Leviticus 21:1-10

¹And the Lord said to Moses, Speak thou to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them, A priest be not defouled in the dead men of his citizens,

²no but only in his kinsmen, and nigh of blood, that is, on father, and mother, and son, and daughter, and brother,

³and sister, a virgin, that is not wedded to man;

⁴but neither he shall be defouled in the prince of his people.

⁵Priests shall not shave their head, neither beard, neither they shall make carvings in their fleshes;

⁶they shall be holy to their God, and they shall not defoul his name; for they offer incense of the Lord, and the loaves of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.

⁷A priest shall not wed a wife a corrupt woman, and a foul whore, neither he shall wed her that is forsaken of the husband, for he is hallowed to his God,

⁸and offereth the loaves of setting forth; therefore be he holy, for I am the holy Lord that halloweth you.

⁹If the daughter of a priest is taken in defouling of virginity, and defouleth the name of her father, she shall be burnt in fire.

¹⁰The bishop, that is the most priest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of anointing is poured, and whose hands be made sacred in priesthood, and he is clothed in holy clothes, shall not discover his head, he shall not tear his clothes,