Rules for Priests

21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,^(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean^(B) for any of his people who die,^(C)

² “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease^[a](A) or a discharge^(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean^(C) because of a dead body.^(D)

¹⁹ “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed^(A) must stay outside the camp seven days.^(B) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves^(C) and your captives.