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Leviticus 21:5

“Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.”
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3Or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

4He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

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