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Leviticus 21:4
But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
Leviticus 21:4 · Bible in Basic English
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Leviticus 21:4 in other translations
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
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In context
1 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
2 But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
3 And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
4 But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
5 They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
6 Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
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