Leviticus 21:1 meaning and explanation
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Leviticus 21:1, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse opens a section of instructions addressed through Moses to Aaron's sons, the priests, whose role was to serve at the tabernacle. To "defile himself" means to become ritually unclean, and a dead body was a chief source of such uncleanness in Israel's law.
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