Numbers 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version

⁶ All the days that they separate themselves to the Lord they shall not go near a corpse.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ All the days that he separateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body.

Common English Bible

⁶ The period of dedication to the LORD also requires that the person not go near a corpse,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ During all the time of his consecration, he shall not enter because of a death,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ 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 gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

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 21:12

He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus 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 knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.