Numbers 6:7
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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.

unclean

Numbers 9:6 But behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul of a man, who could not make the phase on that day, coming to Moses and Aaron,

Leviticus 21:1,2,10-12 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 44:25 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.

Consecration.

1 Corinthians 11:10 Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

by considering a married woman as a Nazarite for life, i.e. separated from all others, and united to her husband, to whom she is subject.

Context
The Nazirite Vow
6All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead, 7Neither 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.8All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.…
Cross References
Numbers 6:8
All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

Numbers 9:6
But behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul of a man, who could not make the phase on that day, coming to Moses and Aaron,

Lexicon
Even if his father
לְאָבִ֣יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

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

or brother
לְאָחִיו֙ (lə·’ā·ḥîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

or sister
וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ (ū·lə·’a·ḥō·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

should die,
בְּמֹתָ֑ם (bə·mō·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

he is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

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

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the crown of consecration
נֵ֥זֶר (nê·zer)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5145: Something set apart, dedication, unshorn locks, a chaplet

to his God
אֱלֹהָ֖יו (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his head.
רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head


Additional Translations
Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.He 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 on his head.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.

to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die; for the consecration of his God is upon his head.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because his separation unto God is upon his head.

He 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.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.

for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister -- he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God is on his head;
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