Leviticus 21:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Don't make yourself unclean by attending the funeral of someone related to you by marriage.^{[a] 5 (A)} Don't shave any part of your head or trim your beard or cut yourself to show that you are mourning. ⁶ I am the Lord your God, and I have chosen you alone to offer sacrifices of food to me on the altar. That's why you must keep yourselves holy.