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except for his direct relative closest to him: his mother and his father, and his son and his daughter, and his brother, and for his sister, a virgin, who is closest to him, who has not had a husband[a]—for her he may defile himself. He must not make himself unclean as a kinsman by marriage,[b] defiling himself.

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  1. Leviticus 21:3 Literally “who is not for a man/husband”
  2. Leviticus 21:4 Literally “a husband among his people”

except for a close relative, such as his mother or father,(A) his son or daughter, his brother, or an unmarried sister who is dependent on him since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.(B) He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage,[a] and so defile himself.

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  1. Leviticus 21:4 Or unclean as a leader among his people