Leviticus 21:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: “No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE Lord said to Moses, Speak to the priests [exclusive of the high priest], the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people [by touching a corpse or assisting in preparing it for burial],

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

Common English Bible

¹ The LORD said to Moses, Say to the priests, Aaron’s sons: None of you are allowed to make yourselves unclean by any dead person among your community

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ The Lord also said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: Do not allow a priest to be contaminated by the death of his citizens,

Leviticus 21:1 Cross References

Ezekiel 44:25

They shall not defile themselves by going near a dead person; for father or mother, however, and for son or daughter and for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.

Numbers 19:14

“This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.

Leviticus 21:11

He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:4

Know, then, that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:1

And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you, for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor

Numbers 19:16

Whoever in the open field touches one who has been killed by a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 5:2

“Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse;

Numbers 6:6

“All the days that they separate themselves to the Lord they shall not go near a corpse.

Numbers 19:11

Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.