Leviticus 21:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

American Standard Version (1901)

except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

Common English Bible

except for your closest relatives: for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother;

Catholic Public Domain Version

except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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:

Leviticus 21:2 Cross References

Leviticus 18:6

“None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:11

he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;

Leviticus 21:3

or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.