Ezekiel 44:25
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And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.

Leviticus 21:1-6 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. . . .

Leviticus 22:4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead: and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation:

Matthew 8:21,22 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. . . .

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. . . .

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-15 And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. . . .

Context
The Duties of the Priests
24And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths. 25And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.26And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.…
Cross References
Leviticus 21:1
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.

Ezekiel 44:26
And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

Lexicon
A priest must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

defile himself
לְטָמְאָ֑ה (lə·ṭā·mə·’āh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

by going
יָב֖וֹא (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

near
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

a dead
מֵ֣ת (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

person.
אָדָ֔ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

However,
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

for a father,
לְאָ֡ב (lə·’āḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

a mother,
וּ֠לְאֵם (ū·lə·’êm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )

a son,
וּלְבֵ֨ן (ū·lə·ḇên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

a daughter,
וּלְבַ֜ת (ū·lə·ḇaṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

a brother,
לְאָ֗ח (lə·’āḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

or an unmarried
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

sister,
וּלְאָח֛וֹת (ū·lə·’ā·ḥō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

he may do so,
יִטַּמָּֽאוּ׃ (yiṭ·ṭam·mā·’ū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean


Additional Translations
A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

And they shall not go in to the dead body of a man to defile themselves: only a priest may defile himself for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, or for a brother, or for his sister, who has not been married.

And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.
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