The Kohen Gadol may judge and be judged. He may testify, and he may be testified against. He may perform chalitzah, and chalitzah may be performed with his wife, and yibum may be performed with his wife. However, he may not perform yibum, because he is forbidden to [marry] a widow. [If] someone [close] to him dies, he may not follow the bier; rather, [once] they pass from view, he may appear; [where] they appear, he must remain concealed from view; and goes with them until the entrance to the town; [these are] the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah says: He does not leave the Temple, as it is stated: And from the Temple, he shall not depart. When he comforts others, it is customary for all the people to pass along one after an-other, and the appointed one places him between himself and the people. When he is comforted by others, all the people say to him, “We are your atonement,” and he says to them, “May you be blessed from Heaven.” When they feed him the mourner’s meal, all the people sit on the ground and he sits on a stool.

The king may not judge nor be judged. He may not testify nor be testified against. He does not perform chalitzah, nor is chalitzah performed with his wife. He does not perform yibum, nor is yibum performed with his wife. R’ Yehudah says: If he wishes to perform chalitzah or yibum, the is remembered favorably. They said to him: They do not listen to him. No one may marry his widow. R’ Yehudah says: A king may marry the widow of [another] king, as we find that David married the widow of Saul, as it is stated: And I gave you the house of your master and the wives of your master in your bosom.