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11 He is not to go near any dead bodies—not even his father’s or mother’s—or else he will make himself impure. 12 The high priest is not allowed to go outside the sanctuary during the time of mourning and thereby desecrate God’s sanctuary, for he has been anointed with the sacred oil of his God. I am the Eternal One. 13 He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

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11 He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.(A) He must not make himself unclean,(B) even for his father or mother,(C) 12 nor leave the sanctuary(D) of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil(E) of his God. I am the Lord.

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(F)

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