Ezekiel 44:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵ They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person; however, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves. ²⁶ After he is defiled,^[a] he shall count for himself seven days, and then he shall be clean.^{[b] 27} And on the day that he goes into the holy place, into the inner court, to minister in the holy place, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord God.