Leviticus 21:11
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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.

Lexicon
He must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

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

near any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

body
נַפְשֹׁ֥ת (nap̄·šōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

or make himself unclean,
יִטַּמָּֽא׃ (yiṭ·ṭam·mā)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

even for his father
לְאָבִ֥יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

or mother.
וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ (ū·lə·’im·mōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, )


Additional Translations
He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or mother.Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.

Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
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