Leviticus 21:12
New Revised Standard Version
He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
If you leave the sacred place to attend a funeral, both you and the sacred place become unclean, because you are the high priest.

New American Bible
nor shall he leave the sanctuary and profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neither 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.

go out

Leviticus 10:7 But you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle: otherwise you shall perish, for the oil of the holy unction is on you. And they did all things according to the precept of Moses.

for the crown

Leviticus 8:9-12,30 He put also the mitre upon his head: and upon the mitre over the forehead, he put the plate of gold, consecrated with sanctification, as the Lord had commanded him. . . .

Exodus 28:36 Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.

Exodus 29:6,7 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre, . . .

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
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.13He shall take a virgin unto his wife.…
Cross References
Exodus 29:6
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre,

Exodus 29:7
And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated.

Leviticus 8:12
And he poured it upon Aaron's head: and he anointed and consecrated him.

Leviticus 10:7
But you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle: otherwise you shall perish, for the oil of the holy unction is on you. And they did all things according to the precept of Moses.

Leviticus 21:13
He shall take a virgin unto his wife.

Leviticus 21:11
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