Numbers 6:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

American Standard Version (1901)

All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.

Common English Bible

The period of dedication to the LORD also requires that the person not go near a corpse,

Catholic Public Domain Version

During all the time of his consecration, he shall not enter because of a death,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead.

Numbers 6:6 Cross References

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: 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 21:12

neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:16

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer.