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## Leviticus 21:2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/leviticus/21/1) And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
 
 [2 ](/kjv/leviticus/21/2) But for his kin, that is near unto him, *that is*, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
 
 [3 ](/kjv/leviticus/21/3) And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/leviticus/21/4) *But* he shall not defile himself, *being* a chief man among his people, to profane himself.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/leviticus/21/5) They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
 
[Leviticus 20](/kjv/leviticus/20) [Leviticus 22](/kjv/leviticus/22)

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