Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 199:5

ומנא תימרא דשני ליה בין קודם חצות בין לאחר חצות דתניא (ויקרא כא, ג) לה יטמא מצוה לא רצה מטמאין אותו על כרחו ומעשה ביוסף הכהן שמתה אשתו בערב הפסח ולא רצה ליטמא ונמנו אחיו הכהנים וטימאוהו בעל כרחו

But the following contradicts it: [He shall not make himself unclean for his father.] and for his sister [when they die]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. VI, 7. This refers to a nazirite.');">⁷</span> why is this stated?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he may not defile himself even for his parents, it is obvious that he may not defile himself for his sister.');">⁸</span> [For this reason:] Behold if he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. one who was both a nazirite and a High Priest.');">⁹</span>

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