And YHVH said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No priest shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people..."
Leviticus 21:1

God wanted Moses to emphasize to the priests how important holiness is to their function. If Israel is to be a holy nation, how much more must the priests of Israel be holier than other priests? Yeshua, as Israel's ultimate high priest, is the holiest of all.

On a related note, if "love" requires you to defile yourself or God's Name through sin, then it's not love. Don't commit sin to impress or relate to sinners. Yeshua ministered to sinners without ever sinning himself. He was kind, merciful, and holy without compromise.

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