Ezekiel 44:25-27

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁵ They must not go near a dead person and make themselves ceremonially unclean by doing so. Only in the case of father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister may they make themselves unclean. ²⁶ After a priest has been purified, seven days must be counted off for him. ²⁷ On the day he enters into the sanctuary, into the inner courtyard to minister in the sanctuary, he must offer a sin offering for himself, declares the Lord God.