Priests: Special Laws Respecting: Not to Defile Themselves for the Dead Except the Nearest of
Source: TTT
Leviticus 21:1–6
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, / except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, / or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.