KJV King James Version
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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Leviticus 21:11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
WEB World English Bible
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
ASV American Standard Version
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 21
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, [am] holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 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;
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
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Numbers 19:14This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.Numbers 6:7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon his head.Leviticus 21:1-2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.Matthew 12:46-50While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.Matthew 8:21-22And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Luke 9:59-60And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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