“And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;”
The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes. The high priest's regulations are more restrictive than the ordinary priests': where the ordinary priest may mourn close relatives (verse 2), the high priest may not display even the ordinary mourning signs of disheveled hair or torn clothes. The anointed priest who wears the priestly garments is the one most directly identified with the covenant's holy office — and the most restricted from the ordinary human expressions of grief.
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