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1 โ[1] ืื ืคืฉ ืื ืืืื ืืขืืื, a man belonging to the โnationโ of priests must not defile himself by contact with a dead human being. The word ืืขืืื โof his people,โ is used here in the same sense as in verse 14 later on where the Torah decrees that the only suitable marriage partner for a High Priest [if he was not married at the time of his appointment. Ed.] is ืืชืืื ืืขืืื, โa virgin from his people.โ If the Torah had written here ืืขืืื instead of ืืขืืื, the meaning would have been more restrictive, i.e. that the priest must only not defile himself by contact with a Jewish corpse. Similar constructions involving the expression ืืขืืื are found in Numbers 6,7 The expression ืื ืคืฉ allows leeway, as we know from the subsequent verse where it is permitted for the priest or even mandated that he defile himself on the corpses of his closest relatives.
Version: Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash
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