Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother. Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled. his father Leviticus 21:1,2 The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say for them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens. . . . Numbers 6:7 Neither shall he make himself unclean, even for his father, or for his mother, or for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because the consecration of his God is upon his head. Numbers 19:14 This is the law of a man that dieth in a tent: All that go into his tent and all the vessels that are there, shall be unclean seven days. Deuteronomy 33:9 Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant, Matthew 8:21,22 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. . . . Matthew 12:46-50 As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. . . . Luke 9:59,60 But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father. . . . Luke 14:26 If 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. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh: but now we know him so no longer. Context Holiness Required of Priests…10The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments. 11Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled.12Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord: because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.… Cross References Leviticus 19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead: neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks. I am the Lord. Leviticus 21:2 But only for his kin, such as are near in blood: that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also: Numbers 19:11 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days, Numbers 19:14 This is the law of a man that dieth in a tent: All that go into his tent and all the vessels that are there, shall be unclean seven days. Jump to Previous Approach Body Dead Defile Enter Mother UncleanJump to Next Approach Body Dead Defile Enter Mother UncleanLinks Leviticus 21:11 NIVLeviticus 21:11 NLT Leviticus 21:11 ESV Leviticus 21:11 NASB Leviticus 21:11 Bible Apps Leviticus 21:11 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 21:11 Chinese Bible Leviticus 21:11 French Bible Leviticus 21:11 German Bible Alphabetical: a any approach body dead defile enter even father for He himself his is make mother must nor not or person place shall there unclean where OT Law: Leviticus 21:11 Neither shall he go in to any (Le Lv Lev.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |