Leviticus 21:11

“Neither shall he go in to any dead body, etc.] That is, into a tent or house where any dead body lies, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, for whoever went into such a place was unclean seven days; and so long therefore an high priest, should he enter there, would be prevented doing the duty of his office, (see <041914>Numbers 19:14); this was aped and followed by the Heathens in later times; so among the Romans, the “Flamen Dialis”, or high priest of Jupiter, might not go into a place where a dead body was burnt or buried, nor touch any f750; and it was a custom with them, as Servius f751 tells us, to put a branch of cypress at the door of a house where a dead body was, that an high…”

“Go in - Into the chamber or house where they lie. This and divers other rites here prescribed were from hence translated by the Heathens into their use, whose priests were put under the same obligations. Leviticus 21:12”

“his father: Lev 21:1, Lev 21:2; Num 6:7, Num 19:14; Deu 33:9; Mat 8:21, Mat 8:22, Mat 12:46-50; Luk 9:59, Luk 9:60; Luk 14:26; Co2 5:16 Leviticus 21:12”